Time was when...
事情发生在从前...的时候.
🧩 词语组成解析
time
[taɪm]
n. 时间;时刻;时代;次;
vt. 为…安排时间;测定…的时间;调准（机械的）速度;拨准（钟、表）的快慢;
vi. 合拍;和谐;打拍子;
adj. 定时的;定期的;[美国英语]分期（付款）的;
int. [体育]时间到，（一场或一局等的）比赛时限，暂停;
was
[[wɔz, wəz]]
be的过去式
🗣️ 情景例句
The belief crisis occurring in the younger generation may turn out to be a big problem.
年轻一代的信仰危机很可能演化成为一个大问题。
The school is further down this road.
那学校过去再走一小段路。
The guests had, of course, realized this from the moment Bessie opened the door for them and, long before the final catastrophe, had had a difficult time trying to conceal their amusement.
客人们自然从贝西为他们开门那一刻起就看出来了，在好长一段时间里，即最后这个乱子发生前，他们努力克制才没笑出声来。