Not so long ago, people would have turned up their noses at that kind of dedication to the job.

就在不久以前，人们还会对这种敬业精神嗤之以鼻。

Not so long ago the idea of making a living playing computer games would have seemed impossible.

不久以前，靠玩电脑游戏谋生似乎是不可能的。

Not so long ago, Huntington Beach was dotted with oil derricks; now the only oil here is suntan lotion.

不久以前，亨廷顿海滩 (Huntington Beach) 上布满了石油井架，现在我们在这里只看到一种油—太阳油。

Not so long ago, we left our Earth for the first time to explore a neighboring world in the solar system.

不久之前，我们第一次离开我们的地球，去开垦太阳系的一个临近的世界。

Not so long ago, I speculated, or more accurately, hoped that real-time photorealistic rendering would be a possibility during my lifetime.

不久之前我推测，或准确地说，希望实时图像渲染在我有生之年能够成为现实。

Not so long ago there was no United States.There were only thirteen little States along the shore of the Atlantic Ocean.

不久以前美国还不存在。只有沿大西洋海岸的13个小州。

Not so long ago, we talked about a technique that enabled us to render stunningly high quality cloth models in real-time.

不久之前，我们刚刚介绍过一种可以让我们实时呈现超高质量的布料模型的技术。

Now, this question appeared similarly in an IELTS exam not so long ago.

这个问题在不久之前的一次雅思考试中也出现过。

And it worked just fine when we bought it not so long ago.

不久前我们刚买的时候，效果还不错。

Not so long ago, when she was just four, Edith surprised her parents when she was able to spell the word restaurant correctly.

前不久，4岁的伊迪丝准确地拼写出restaurant（餐厅）单词时，父母大吃一惊。

Not so long ago, there was a big change in our family. The reason for this change was the divorce of my paren'ts.

不久以前 我们家发生了一个很大的变化 发生这种变化的原因是我父母的离婚。

Right, but it's not so long ago. Only what - 10 years, 15 years ago?

对，不过其实也不是太长时间以前的事情。大概是10年或15年前吧？

It wasn't so long ago that rich Russians were strutting a little. What's happened?

不久之前富有的俄罗斯还能支撑这一切。到底发生了什么？

Not so long ago, Google DeepMind introduced a novel learning algorithm that was able to reach superhuman levels in playing many Atari games.

不久之前谷歌 DeepMind 提出了一种新的机器学习算法，它能够在许多雅达利游戏中达到超越人类的水平。

Not so long ago analysts were openly wondering whether artificial intelligence (AI) would be the death of Adobe, a maker of software for creative types.

不久前，分析人士还在公开猜测，人工智能是否会导致创意软件制造商Adobe的灭亡。

" The Mad King" ? Jon was confused. Aerys had been king before Robert, that wasn't so long ago.

" ‘疯王’伊里斯？" 琼恩糊涂了，伊里斯是劳勃之前的国王，距今应该没这么久啊。

And while today his cafe is mostly empty once not so long ago all the tables were taken.

虽然今天他的咖啡馆几乎空无一人，但就在不久前，所有的桌子都被占满了。

" Voldemort fears that connection, " said Dumbledore. " Not so long ago he had one small taste of what truly sharing Harry's mind means to him. "

伏地魔害怕那种思维的相通！" 邓 不利多说道，" 不久前他还小小的尝到了和哈利共享思维的苦头。

They recalled with contempt that not so long ago they had thought themselves fine fellows for being able to fly round a room.

他们想起，就在不久之前，还觉得能在房间里飞来飞去就很了不起呢，便很瞧不起那会儿的自己。

Not so long ago, most people didn't know who Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce was going to become.

不久前，大多数人还不知道 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 会成为什么样的人。