a short while ago

基本解釋

Roy Trenton used to drive a taxi. A short while ago, however, he became a busdriver and he was not regretted it.
羅伊.特雷頓原是開出租汽車的, 然而就在前不久, 他開上了公共汽車, 也并不為此而感到后悔.
Roy Trenton used to drive a taxi. A short while ago, however, he became a bus driver and he has not regretted it.
羅伊.特雷頓原是開出租汽車的，然而就在前不久，他開上了公共汽車，也并不為此而感到后悔。
Under these circumstances, the IMF’s pockets, which seemed enviously deep just a short while ago, might not be deep enough.
在這些種情況下，IMF的腰包雖然之前看來還深得令人羨慕，但可能也不夠深了。

This is the term structure just a short while ago-- of December 2006--very different.
這是不久前,06年12月的期限結構圖,形狀很不一樣
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