It so happened/chanced that I'd met her a few years before. 碰巧我幾年前見(jiàn)過(guò)她。
After a few years in the wilderness he was reappointed to the Cabinet. 他消沉了幾年之後，又獲任命進(jìn)入了內閣。
A lot has been done in the recovery of national economy in the past few years. 在過(guò)去的幾年中我們?yōu)榱藝窠?jīng)濟的恢復做了大量的工作。
People seldom or never bought silk garments a few years ago. 幾年前，人們幾乎是不買(mǎi)絲綢服裝的。
She is not what she was a few years ago. 她已經(jīng)不是幾年前的她了。
He has lived here for the last few years. 過(guò)去的幾年他一直住在這里。
Mr Hobbs has had several severe illnesses in the last few years, each of which could easily have finished him off. But he's like a cat with nine lives and will probably live to see ninety. 在最近幾年中，霍布斯先生得了幾次重病，每次都可能容易地奪去他的生命。但是，他卻像有九條命的貓，很有可能活到90歲。
