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词汇 dim-and-distant-past
释义

the dim and distant past


idiom
mainly UK
a time in the past that is not clearly remembered: 遥远模糊的过去
I used to enjoy dancing, back in the dim and distant past.很久以前,我曾经非常喜欢跳舞。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

In the past
ago
any moreidiom
anymore
back in the dayidiom
back thenidiom
clock
departed
dim
flood
mist
moon
more
no longeridiom
non-current
rewind the clockidiom
sometime
step
step back (in time)idiom
the mists of timeidiom
the status quo ante

Examples of the dim and distant past


the dim and distant past
Instead, descriptions of friction with the king, civil disobedience or electoral disputes were relegated to thedimanddistantpast.
In thedimanddistantpast it was considered virtuous to daub sheep with tar.
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We are talking not of a technology relating to thedimanddistantpast.
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I am referring to thedimanddistantpast.
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We had some sort of stability with the gold standard way back in thedimanddistantpast.
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But none of the criminal and violent acts committed by the prisoners who will be released occurred in thedimanddistantpast.
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There is anecdotal evidence of maintenance in thedimanddistantpast by the agency's predecessor, by the water company and by the local authority.
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In thedimanddistantpast he was a member of a previous government.
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If the civil servant who invented that phrase in thedimanddistantpast has a patent on it, he must have made a fortune.
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Any differences which may have existed in thedimanddistantpast have surely long since disappeared.
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This group, set up in thedimanddistantpast in 1998, now needs to be adapted to deal with the increasingly urgent development of the internal market.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Criticism has been offered of the actions of the present occupants of those offices, because, in thedimanddistantpast, they held certain views about free imports.
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Hansard archive

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History is not just about thedimanddistantpast, it's happening right now.
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Wikipedia

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