到這時，羅馬帝國已日益衰敗。
By now the power of the Roman Empire was on the wane.
不全是。去年這時候更涼快些。看來你不住在附近，是嗎？
Not really. Last year it was much cooler. You're not from around here, then?
到這時他已經爛醉如泥了。
By this time, he was hopelessly pickled.
這時演講人停下來喝了一口水。
Here the speaker paused to have a drink.
"盡人皆知，蘇聯對古巴這時的發展感到不快，" 這位［歐洲］外交官說。可是他又說，蘇聯允許國內及東歐有較多的自由，"若強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."
