到这时，罗马帝国已日益衰败。
By now the power of the Roman Empire was on the wane.
不全是。去年这时候更凉快些。看来你不住在附近，是吗？
Not really. Last year it was much cooler. You're not from around here, then?
到这时他已经烂醉如泥了。
By this time, he was hopelessly pickled.
这时演讲人停下来喝了一口水。
Here the speaker paused to have a drink.
"尽人皆知，苏联对古巴这时的发展感到不快，" 这位［欧洲］外交官说。可是他又说，苏联允许国内及东欧有较多的自由，"若强行逼迫加勒比海的盟邦，那可真是矛盾。"
"It's no secret that the Soviets are not happy about the developments here in Cuba, " the [European] diplomat said. But he added that with the Soviets permitting more freedom at home and within Eastern Europe, "it would be a real contradiction to twist the arm of its Caribbean ally."
