)从前
从前
cóngqián (1) ∶往昔,先前 从前香山观有个道士天天讲故事
(2) ∶曾经,一度 从前和她很熟悉,可是现在忘记了她的名字
1. previously
2.formerly
1. 从前人们在手术前用乙醚来使病人昏睡。
Ether was used formerly to put a patient to sleep before an operation.
2. 从前, 有一位非常美丽的公主。
Once upon a time, there lived a princess who was very beautiful.
3. 从前, 在一个小村庄里住着一位老人。
Once upon a time, there was an old man living in a small village.
4. 我从前没有见过他。
I hadn't seen him previously.
5. 从前医生常常给病人放血.
Doctors used to bleed people when they were ill.
6. 从前有个美丽的公主....
Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess...
7. 从前有一个公主.
Once upon a time there was a princess.
8. 这本书从前很出名, 现在没人看了.
This book was once famous, but nobody reads it today.
