The castle is redolent of the past.

那城堡使人怀古。

History chronicles important events of the past.

历史记载了历代重要的事件。

Newspeak, doublethink, the mutability of the past.

新话，双重思想，变易无常的过去。

She wallows in nostalgia for the past.

她沉湎于对过去的怀恋。

Prices have risen steadily during the past decade.

过去十年间物价一直在上涨。

You can’t keep harking back to the past.

你不能没完没了地念叨从前。

There's no point in quarreling about the past.

为过去的事而争吵是没有用的。

I have no desire to rake over the past.

我不想旧事重提。

Modern medical techniques refine on those of the past.

现代医疗技术比过去的医疗技术要优越。

She never liked to be reminded of the past.

她从来就不愿别人提起往事。

In narrative, the reporting verb is in the past tense.

在叙述过程中, 间接引语的动词通常用过去式。

I acquired lasting respect for tradition and veneration for the past.

我开始对传统和历史产生了持久的敬慕。

The television programme satirized the political events of the past week.

这档电视节目讽刺了上一周发生的政治事件。

They've been squatting in an apartment for the past two years.

他们过去两年来一直擅自占用一套公寓。

All the happiness that gained at the past, sonly will become history.

等到对已获取的东西发生厌倦，情事变迁，又不免会引发无限的感慨。

This year's copy contains no innovations over those in the past.

今年的版本没有不同于过去的新花样。

The government’s popularity has waxed and waned over the past year.

去年，政府的声望时升时降。

He was not able to slough off the memories of the past.

他无法忘记过去。

I've got better things to do than dwell on the past.

我有更重要的事情要做，不能老是想着过去。

Degree courses have traditionally focused on the established great writers of the past.

学位课程的内容一直以来都集中于过去的知名作家。