1. as time went on

隨著時間的推移

eg. As time went on, David became very ill. There was nothing that I could do but watch him die.

隨著時間的推移，大衛病得越來越嚴重，而我，除了看著他死，竟然什么都做不了。

eg. As time went on, many of these first settlers settled down and began to farm and domesticate animals.

隨著時間的推移，這些第一批移民的大多數定居下來，開始農耕和馴養動物。

2. in front of

在…前面

eg. Waiting her chance, the girl nipped in front of an old woman.

瞅準機會，那個女孩很快插在了老太太的前面。

eg. She spent hours in front of the mirror, combing through her long hair.

她在鏡子前花費好幾個鐘頭梳理她的長發。

3. covered with

覆蓋著

eg. The rice seedlings were covered with plastic sheeting.

秧苗上面覆蓋著塑料薄膜。

eg. The crystals are also covered with another layer of PDMS to protect them, and to safeguard the body since the crystals contain lead.

這些晶體上還覆蓋有另外一層PDMS，用來保護它們；同時也保護人類的身體，因為這些晶體里含有鉛。