过去的英文是：go over，pass by，formerly。其中formerly的英式发音为[ˈfɔ:məli]，美式发音为[ˈfɔ:rmərli] 。意思是：原来，原先，以前，从前，刚才，先头。go over的意思有：重温，翻，转为，留下印象，搁置起来。
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go over
1、I won't know how successful it is until an accountant has gone over the books.
要等到会计核查完账簿，我才会知道盈利状况如何。
2、My hope is that, in the future, I will go over there and marry her.
我的希望是将来能去那里和她结婚。
3、Thankfully, I've learned to switch off and let it go over my head
谢天谢地，我已经学会了释然，随它去吧。
4、Let's go over the draft once again.
我们把这篇稿子再过一遍。
formerly
1、He had formerly been in the Navy.
他从前在海军服役。
2、The formerly [ once] barren land has been changed into stretches of fertile fields.
昔日的荒地今天成了良田。
3、This formerly inaccessible place can now be reached by road and rail.
这里过去是穷乡僻壤，现在铁路公路都畅通了。
4、What was formerly a sandbank has now become fertile paddy fields.
原来的沙滩如今变成了米粮川。
pass by
1、I see them pass by my house every day
我每天看见他们从我家旁边经过。
2、They were injured when a parked car exploded as their convoy passed by.
他们的车队经过时，一辆停放着的汽车爆炸了，他们受了伤。
3、As they pass by, a piteous wailing is heard.
他们经过时，响起了令人哀怜的恸哭。
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