there used to be

常見例句

There are two problems with tables that have lots of extents, or at least there used to be.
那些有很多盤區(qū)、或者至少曾經(jīng)有過的表，存在兩個(gè)問題。
One time there used to be a field there in which they used to play every evening with other people’s children .
過去那里曾經(jīng)有一塊空地，他們每晚都在空地上和其他家的孩子一起玩耍。
There used to be an old joke in America that people should take a bath once a week, whether they need one or not.
以前在美國(guó)有一個(gè)老笑話，說不管人們需不需要，他們至少每個(gè)禮拜該洗一次澡。

There used to be a time when the quickest way to travel across the western United States was in a stagecoach.
As I'll explain later in class, in Florida there used to be many, many, many varieties of oranges and now there are about four and there are commercials reasons for this occurring.
稍后我會(huì)詳細(xì)解釋,在佛羅里達(dá)州曾經(jīng)有很多種類的橙子,而現(xiàn)在那里大概僅剩四種,這一切的發(fā)生歸咎于商業(yè)上的原因
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Plus, there's a lot more bike lanes than there used to be, so that helps.
另外，現(xiàn)在的自行車道也比以前多了很多，這個(gè)也很有用。
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