past

In the past, people wrote letters by hand.

在过去，人们用手写信。

Film cameras are a thing of the past.

胶片相机已成为过去。

Don't dwell on the past; look ahead.

不要沉湎于过去，要向前看。

She discovered her husband was a man with a past.

她发现丈夫过去有过不光彩的经历。

These ruins date from the distant past.

这些废墟可以追溯到遥远的过去。

Smartphones have made paper maps a thing of the past.

智能手机让纸质地图成了过去的东西。

My old laptop is a bit past it, but it still works for email.

我的旧笔记本电脑有点不中用了，但还能用来收发邮件。

I wouldn't put it past her to forget the meeting.

我觉得她很有可能会忘记这个会议。

This famous saying by George Santayana warns that forgetting history's mistakes makes people likely to make them again.

乔治·桑塔亚纳的这句名言警告说，忘记历史错误的人很可能会重蹈覆辙。

William Faulkner wrote this line in his novel 'Requiem for a Nun', emphasizing that history keeps influencing the present.

威廉·福克纳在他的小说《修女安魂曲》中写了这句话，强调历史仍在影响着现在。