Until quite recently, we simply didn't know how many Brazilians were killed by guns.

直到不久前，我们才知道有多少巴西人死在枪口上。

Jerry lived in Cairo until quite recently.

【recently】直至不久之前杰里一直住在开罗。

Until quite recently, I was one of the richest men in the world.

不久之前 我还是世上最有钱的人之一。

The conservation of the natural environment, however, did not become a major theme in politics until quite recently.

然而，直到最近，保护自然环境才成为政治的主要主题。

When it started in the '70s, and until quite recently, it only was a test of listening and reading.

当它在 70 年代开始时，直到最近，它只是听力和阅读的测试。

Until quite recently, the problems of micropollution and single-use plastic were unheard-of - surprising or shocking because of not having been previously known about.

直到最近，微量污染和一次性塑料制品的问题还是前所未闻的——令人惊讶或震惊，因为之前都不为人知。

Urm, well we love aerobics very much. But you know, until quite recently, Eleanor had been so busy flat hunting. We'll do it again sometime, though, I hope.

我们很喜欢有氧运动，但是你知道，一直到最近为止，爱莉诺都在忙着找公寓。不过我希望不久我们会重新开始上课。

Great numbers of educated people — perhaps a majority — cling to the method still, and practice it more or less strictly; but, until quite recently, no other was known.

大量受过教育的人——也许是大多数人——仍然坚持这种方法， 并或多或少地严格地实践它； 但是，直到最近，还没有其他人知道。

Until quite recently it was thought that anyone diving to one hundred meters or so would die painfully as his or her lungs imploded or chest wall collapsed, but the free divers have repeatedly proved otherwise.

直到最近，人们还认为，只要潜到100米左右的深处，肺脏会内爆，胸壁会破裂，他或她就会痛苦地死去，但裸潜者反复证明，情况恰好相反。