used to be
US /juzd tu bi/
・UK /ju:zd tu: bi:/
A1 初級
v.i.不及物動詞過去曾經是
There used to be a cinema on this street, but it closed down.
phr.片語以前是
I used to be a teacher before I became a writer.
影片字幕
人口過剩------------------------人類爆炸解釋 (Overpopulation – The Human Explosion Explained)
06:40
- Countries who used to be in need, will help advance development instead.
曾經是需要幫助的國家，也能夠幫助世界的發展。
關於情人節你不知道的7件事｜歷史倒計時 (7 Things You Didn't Know About Valentine's Day | History Countdown)
08:57
- The cute little cherubic cloud baby we know as Cupid used to be a strapping young hunk named Eros.
我們稱為丘比特的可愛雲間天使寶寶曾經是個身材魁梧的年輕帥哥，名叫厄洛斯。
- used to be a strapping young hunk named Eros.
以前是一個魁梧的年輕大漢，名叫愛神。
逼真的假名牌包的崛起 (The rise of realistic fake designer bags)
05:25
- So what are you discovering about how bags are becoming super fakes now because I thought there used to be a smell test, there's a quality test.
關於包包如何變得超級仿冒品，你有什麼新的發現嗎？因為我知道以前有味道、品質確認的測試。
- Right, so we used to be familiar with this sort of Canal Street breed of bag where you're like "Oh, that's so clearly a fake bag." You know, the stitching's all off, the color is all wrong.
我們以前對這種類型的包包非常熟悉，像是運河街的仿冒品，一眼就看得出是假包，因為縫線都不對，顏色也是錯的。
隔離兩個世界的無形壁壘 (The Invisible Barrier Keeping Two Worlds Apart)
09:25
- Wallace didn't know it, but while they're pretty close now, the two partly-sunken continents used to be much, much further apart.
華萊士不知道，但雖然他們現在很接近，這兩個部分沉沒的大陸過去相距很遠很遠。
- the two partly-sunken continents used to be much, much further apart.
這兩個部分沉沒的大陸過去相距很遠很遠。
年薪三百萬根本不夠！為什麼「美國夢」越來越難達成了？ (Why A $100,000 Salary Can’t Buy The American Dream)
09:29
- The benchmark of a six figure salary used to be the gold standard income.
六位數薪水的基準曾經是黃金收入的標準。
- It used to be that a six-figure salary was like the gold standard, but nowadays that may not be enough to make ends meet in certain parts of the country, especially like New York or San Francisco, where it costs so much more just to cover your daily expenses.
過去，六位數的薪水曾經是金錢的標準，但如今在美國某些地區，特別是像紐約或舊金山這樣的地方，六位數的薪水可能已經不夠支付日常開支了，因為生活成本太高。
臺灣廢棄UFO村之謎。 (Mystery of Taiwan's Abandoned UFO Village)
18:35
- Looks like it used to be maybe a picnic table.
看起來它曾經是一張野餐桌。
- Taiwan used to be a Dutch colony
and so this is believed to be a burial ground
台灣曾經是荷蘭殖民地 所以這被認為是一個墓地