It used to be a private, exclusive club, and now it's open to all New Yorkers.

它曾是一家高档的私人俱乐部，而现在它对所有纽约人开放。

My car's not as reliable as it used to be.

我的车不像过去那样靠得住了。

The academy is far more inclusive now than it used to be.

该学院如今比过去更为兼收并蓄。

Our city is cleaner than it used to be.

我们的城市比以前干净了。

It used to be old, but now many new buildings have appeared.

它以前很古老，但如今有了许多新建筑。

It used to be that you could drive for miles here without seeing another person, but now there are houses and people everywhere.

以前你可能在这里开了几英里，都没见过别人，但现在到处都是房子和人。

It used to be that parents and teachers had set days and times for parent-teacher meetings, but there was little communication outside the meeting.

以前家长会的日期和时间都是家长和老师约定的，但家长会以外的交流很少。

It used to be so straightforward.

过去处理事情的流程直截了当。

It used to be difficult to get Spanish produce here.

过去在这里很难买到西班牙农产品。

Today, society is much freer and easier than it used to be.

今天的社会比过去更加自由和安逸。

Fast food, it turns out, isn't quite as fast as it used to be.

事实证明，快餐没有以前那么快了。

Another really interesting thing about here is it used to be a Roman cemetery.

还有一件很有趣的事情，这里曾是一个罗马墓地。

Everything was placed exactly where it used to be before she left the laboratory.

在她离开实验室之前，她把每件东西都准确地放在它们原来的位置上。

It used to be a pound but because we were making a bit of a loss we have had to increase it by 50p.

以前是一英镑，但是因为我们亏损了一点，所以不得不增加了50便士。

The work is going from where it used to be 5 or 6 big companies in California, in San Francisco and LA.

这项工作是从加州、旧金山和洛杉矶的五六家大公司开始的，其过去也由这几家公司负责。

It used to be clear that the ruling classes had the wealth, authority and power while those underneath did not.

过去，统治阶级有财富、权力和势力是显而易见的，而下层阶级却没有。

It used to be that the second semester of International Banking was an elective, but now it says it's a required class.

以前，第二学期的国际银行学是选修课，但现在它变成了必修课。

Life is not as hard as it used to be, but many of the older Inuits hate modern life and want to go back to the old days.

生活不像以前那么艰难了，但是许多年老的因纽特人讨厌现代生活，想回到过去的日子去。

It used to be that a paper route or an after-school job at the local grocer was viewed as a rite of passage for young people.

过去对年轻人来说，找一份送报纸的兼职或者放学后前往本地杂货店打工，往往被视为人生必经阶段。

When you get a bagel, it used to be you'd get something this size, and now you get something that's really, really much bigger.

当你买百吉饼的时候，过去你会买到这么大的，而现在你买到的真的要大得多。

It used to be teens would have their nose fixed during summer vacation or spring break, but now they want to go back to school with their splint on.

过去，青少年会在暑假或者春假期间整鼻子，但现在他们想带着夹板回到学校。

It used to be three kilometres but most people wanted to do a bit more than that so we lengthened it to five kilometres—we now go round the lake twice and that adds an extra two kilometres.

以前是3公里，但大多数人想多逛一下，所以我们把路程延长到5公里——现在我们绕湖两圈，这就比以前增加了2公里。

It used to be difficult to get drinking water here.

过去这里吃水很困难。

The Central Park is not so well grassed as it used to be.

中央公园不如过去那样芳草如茵了。

It used to be backed by gold.

过去它被金子支持。

It used to be a farm village.

它过去只是个农村。

It used to be. It is legal?

它曾经是，这是合法的吗？

Well, it used to be Ronald Reagan.

原来是罗纳德·里根。

Much better than what it used to be.

比以前好的多了。