the distant past

The deepest sediments were laid down in the distant past, while more recent sediments were nearer the surface.

最深处的沉积物来自最遥远的过去，而表层的沉积物来自较近的时代。

Even if alternative life does not exist now, it might have flourished in the distant past before dying out for some reason.

这种非传统的生命形式现在并不存在，在遥远的过去它就已经因为某些原因绝迹。

Elves, goblins, and trolls seem to be the timeless creations of the distant past, but gremlins were born in the 20th century.

小精灵、小妖怪和侏儒似乎很久以前就被创造出来而且流传至今，而小妖精一词则是20世纪的产物。

when night fell, the duckling raiser would make his home in a tent-like bamboo shed. oh, that is something of the distant past!

夜来了，帐幕似的竹蓬撑在地上，就是他的家。但这是怎样辽远的想象啊！

In the distant past, climate variations may have shaped the very nature of our species.

在遥远的过去，气候变化塑成了我们这些物种的本质。

In my mind, it is possible to envision a world without extreme poverty, where imaginations of poverty will be of the distant past.

在我看来，是有可能的设想世界的极端贫困，在想象力的贫困将是遥远的过去。

They think that the oil under the surface of the earth originated in the distant past, and was formed from living things in the sea.

他们认为，根据对在遥远的过去的起源，地球表面的油，是从生活在海中形成的东西。

In short, quasar activity, like star formation, was more vigorous in the distant past, a third sign that we live in relatively boring times.

简单地说，类星体的活动就像恒星的形成一样，在遥远的过去比今天更为猛烈，这是第三个指标，显示出我们生活在一个相对较为乏味的年代。

That indicates that human evolution had been slower in the distant past, Harpending explained.

这说明，人类在过去进化的速度比现在慢。

one undersea ridge south of the Nicobars was once, he suspects, a piece of Sumatra that sunk in the distant past.

他怀疑，尼古巴群岛南边的海底山脊，在很久以前曾经是苏门达腊的一部份，只是后来沉没了。

They still function, but most travelers believe them only to be remnants of the distant past.

它们仍然可以发挥作用，但是大部份的冒险者相信这些东西只出现在遥远的过去。

Nadi is awaiting his universe, just as CM awaited his in the distant past.

纳迪正期待着他自己的宇宙，就像遥远的过去CM所期待的一样。

Mars landers and overs were designed to look for signs of liquid water that may have flowed on Mars in the distant past.

火星的登陆器和探测器是用来寻找遥远过去曾经在火星表面流动的液态水的痕迹。

In yixing, once had such a nation, they live in the distant past and looking forward to the brighter future.

就在宜兴，曾经有过这样一个民族，他们生活在遥远的过去，憧憬着美好的未来。

My birthday already felt like the distant past.

我的生日好像已经过去很久。

Hawks says genetic analysis will provide a much richer picture of life in the distant past.

霍科斯表示，基因分析可以提供远古过去更加丰富的生活画面。

NASA's last two rover, Spirit and Opportunity, found convincing evidence of environments that were habitable in the distant past.

美国宇航局最近的两辆漫游者，精神号和机会号发现了有说服力的环境证据在遥远的过去那里的环境是适合居住的。

The frontal cortex may therefore be better suited to the task of retrieving memories that were encoded in the distant past.

额叶皮质因此可能更适合于记忆和编码在很久以前发生的事件的记忆。

For Gorbachev, the horrors of the Stalin era were in the distant past.

对于戈尔巴乔夫来说，斯大林时代的恐惧已经成为遥远的过去。

BOB DOUGHTY: Chad Harbach says that in school, literary studies often involved books from the distant past.

鲍勃：乍得Harbach说，在学校里，文学研究往往涉及从遥远的过去的书籍。