a short while ago

基本解释

Roy Trenton used to drive a taxi. A short while ago, however, he became a busdriver and he was not regretted it.
罗伊.特雷顿原是开出租汽车的, 然而就在前不久, 他开上了公共汽车, 也并不为此而感到后悔.
Roy Trenton used to drive a taxi. A short while ago, however, he became a bus driver and he has not regretted it.
罗伊.特雷顿原是开出租汽车的，然而就在前不久，他开上了公共汽车，也并不为此而感到后悔。
Under these circumstances, the IMF’s pockets, which seemed enviously deep just a short while ago, might not be deep enough.
在这些种情况下，IMF的腰包虽然之前看来还深得令人羡慕，但可能也不够深了。

This is the term structure just a short while ago-- of December 2006--very different.
这是不久前,06年12月的期限结构图,形状很不一样
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