"I once thought of calling myself Red-handed Jack," he said diffidently.

“我曾经想过称自己为红手杰克。”他胆怯地说。

Squash was once thought to offer all-round fitness.

壁球曾一度被认为可以提供全面的健康。

It was once thought that lead could be transmuted into gold.

有人曾经认为铅可以变成黄金。

It was once thought that the sun travelled around the earth.

人们曾经认为太阳绕着地球转。

Sponges were once thought to be plants but they are actually simple sea animals.

海绵曾经被认为是植物，但实际上它们是简单的海洋生物。

I never once thought of it, Huck!

哈克，我还没想到这一点呢！

It is not as healthy as once thought.

它没有人们之前想的那么健康。

Fast food was once thought to be recession-proof.

快餐曾经被认为是不受经济衰退影响的行业。

"Do you know there is one thing we have never once thought of?" he said.

“你知道有一件我们从未考虑过的事吗？”他说。

It was once thought that the fungus that ants cultivate was a single type that they had propagated, essentially unchanged from the distant past.

人们曾经认为，蚂蚁培育的真菌是它们繁殖的一种单一品种，自远古时期以来基本上没有改变。

When there is rapid improvement in the price and performance of technology, jobs that were once thought to be immune from automation suddenly become threatened.

当技术的价格和性能迅速提高时，一度被认为不受自动化影响的工作突然受到威胁。

It was once thought that omnivory was rare, but recent evidence suggests otherwise.

人们曾一度认为杂食动物是罕见的，但最近的证据表明并非如此。

I once thought I would never love it.

我曾以为我永远都不会爱上它。

Empathy was once thought to be a uniquely human trait.

移情作用曾经一度被认为是人类的专利。

Exhaust fumes can extend farther from roadways than once thought.

废气从道路扩散到其他地方的范围可能比我们所认为的要远。

And do meteorites pose a greater danger to Earth than once thought?

亦或者陨石对地球的威胁究竟有没有我们原先想的那样大？

For an industry that once thought itself recession-proof, that is shocking.

对于一个曾自认为能防衰退的产业，这个估计让人震惊。

I once thought that I could fool others into believing this was not true.

曾经我认为我可以糊弄别人让他们相信这不是真的。

Wearing a pair of silver earrings was once thought to keep the devil away.

带一副银质耳环曾被认为可以驱赶魔鬼。

The girl, who once thought she was in love, often finds she barely knew the man.

而一度觉得自己已爱上对方的女孩往往会发现其实自己根本不了解这个男人。

The Moon was once thought to be dry. Then came hints of ice in the polar craters.

月球曾被认为很干燥，而后又有迹象显示在极地的月坑有冰。

They clearly felt that agility and XP were not as extreme as they had once thought.

他们清楚地感觉到，敏捷和XP不是他们曾经所认为的那么极端。

“Revenue is not as sticky as once thought, ” says the head of a large infrastructure fund.

来自一个大型基础设施基金的领导人说：“收益并不像我们想象中的那么牢靠。”

They perform navigational feats scientists once thought were beyond human capabilities.

他们表现出了科学家们原本认为超出人类能力的方向辨别本领。

Whoever you once thought you were or thought you had to be may no longer reflect reality, if it ever did.

不管你曾经以为你是什么样的人或者以为你不得不去做怎样的人，即使过去确实是这样，这些都将无法反应现实中的你。

Mrs Clinton has stressed her credentials as a cradle Methodist who once thought of becoming a minister.

克林顿夫人着重强调她生来就是卫理公会派教徒这一资历，她说她甚至曾经考虑过做一名牧师。

Duplicate chromosomes were sent back to the center of the original cell, an event once thought impossible.

已经被复制的染色体则又被重新送回到了原细胞的细胞核中，这样做以前一向被认为是不可能的。

Among civilized people it was once thought that gingerroot by some magical power could improve the memory.

在开化了的人们当中，一度认为生姜的根，有种魔力可以改善人的记忆力；

But more and more agree that the short-term prognosis for climate change is much less certain than once thought.

但是，越来越多的人同意这个看法：对气候变化的短期预测比曾经认为的更没有把握。