" More than in former years" ? asked Nekhludoff.

“比往年多” ？聂赫留朵夫问。

The green and budding twigs may represent existing species; and those produced during former years may represent the long succession of extinct species.

绿色和发芽的树枝可能代表现有物种；而前几年生产的那些可能代表了灭绝物种的长期演替。

He had chosen for himself a small room located in the thick outer wall, between the two principal doors, and which, in former years, had been the watchman's quarters.

他为自己选择了一间小房间， 它位于厚厚的外墙上， 在两扇主要的门之间， 在过去的几年里， 这间房间是看守人的住处。

In former years Paulvitch had been a fastidious scoundrel; but ten years of hideous life among the cannibals of Africa had eradicated the last vestige of niceness from his habits.

前些年，保尔维奇是个挑剔的坏蛋。 但是十年在非洲食人族中的可怕生活已经根除了他习惯中最后一点善良的痕迹。

It hurt her to see the Helstone road so flooded in the sun-light, and every turn and every familiar tree so precisely the same in its summer glory as it had been in former years.

看到赫尔斯通路在阳光下如此泛滥， 每一个转弯处和每棵熟悉的树都与往年一样， 在夏日的荣光中一模一样， 这让她很伤心。