only a few years ago making decorative lampshades with 3d printers seemed to be a highly unlikely business, but it has become an industry with many competing firms and sales volumes in the thousands.
几年前,要用三维打印机制造装饰灯罩看起来似乎是不可能完成的任务,但现在它已经成为了一个产业,并且拥有许多有竞争力的公司,销量上千。
it was only a few years ago that tony blair himself came out to his tent, almost snogged the mad dog, and proclaimed a new era of cooperation between britain and libya .
就在几年前,托尼·布莱尔亲自到卡扎菲的帐篷里,几乎是前拥后抱地接近这疯子,还宣布英国和利比亚将开始新一轮的合作。
only a few years ago the railway-locomotive industry in europe was spread among a handful of regional companies.
在仅仅几年之前,欧洲的轨道机车业务分散在一些地方性公司手中。
only a few years ago came to china, skiing in the sports enthusiasts will pop up gradually, which also includes a number of senior high school students.
仅几年前才传到中国,滑雪运动在体育爱好者中间就逐渐流行起来,这其中还包括一些高中生。
i've been interested in photography since i was a kid, but it was only a few years ago that i started collecting photographs.
自孩童起,我便对摄影着迷了,但直到几年前,我才开始收藏照片。
it is a major shift from only a few years ago when the country imposed strict controls on precious metals purchases for its citizens.
这与几年前中国对公民购买贵金属实行严格管控相比是一个重大转变。
only a few years ago such cases were thought hopeless.
仅仅前几年,这样的病还认为是不治之癥。
it was only a few years ago that researchers discovered that, unlike straight men, gay men tend to have hair whorl patterns that run in a counterclockwise direction.
仅仅还在几年前,研究者们发现,与直男不同,gay的头发倾向于有逆时针方向的螺旋儿。
it was only a few years ago that jackson was acquitted of several charges, including child molestation, in a california trial.
几年前丑闻缠身的杰克逊曾经面临着娈童在内的一系列指控,并且在加利福尼亚的一个法院受审,加上他古怪的行为习惯使他的名声一落千丈(八十年代mj是美国青春健康的代表,但是现在他的脸蛋惨不忍睹。