The enemy were determined to wipe the town off the map as if it had never been. 敵人下決心要將這座城市從地圖的抹掉，就好像它從不存在一樣。
The past year has been blotted out as if it had never been. 去年的事已淡忘，好象從未發(fā)生過(guò)一樣。
I had never been spontaneously approached by a publisher and such condescension rather turned my head. 還從沒(méi)有一個(gè)出版商主動(dòng)來(lái)與我接洽，這種屈尊有點(diǎn)讓我受寵若驚。
The defendant protested that he had never been near the scene of the crime. 被告堅決聲辯他從來(lái)沒(méi)有在犯罪現場(chǎng)附近。
