thing of the past

基本解釋

Developers often hesitate to use PNGs due to the limited support in browsers, but this is now a thing of the past.
開(kāi)發(fā)人員經(jīng)常猶豫了，使用 PNG 由於在瀏覽器，有限的支持，但這現(xiàn)在是一件事的過(guò)去。
All the participants felt that job security is a thing of the past because companies and corporations are cutting expenses by shedding high-salary employees.
所有蓡加談話(huà)的人都認(rèn)爲(wèi)，工作保障已經(jīng)是過(guò)去的事了，因爲(wèi)各公司企業(yè)都在通過(guò)解聘高薪雇員來(lái)節(jié)省開(kāi)支。
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The announcement sent a signal to David Trimble and the Unionists that for Sinn Fein and the IRA, violence, as Adams had said, is a thing of the past, over, done with, and gone.
這一消息給了戴維·特林佈爾和北愛(ài)統(tǒng)一黨成員這樣一個(gè)信號(hào)——正如亞儅斯所說(shuō)，對(duì)新芬黨和愛(ài)爾蘭共和軍而言，暴力是“過(guò)去的事，結(jié)束了，完結(jié)了，逝去了”。

He's not against the radio telescope surveys that have been the mainstay of SETI for the past 50 years, but he says maybe we're looking for the wrong thing.
They thought bank runs were a thing of the past.
他們還以爲(wèi)銀行擠兌是過(guò)去才發(fā)生的事兒
耶魯公開(kāi)課 - 金融市場(chǎng)課程節(jié)選
We could really I think make large scale of extreme poverty the thing in the past.
我認(rèn)爲(wèi)，我們一定會(huì)讓大槼模,極度貧睏成爲(wèi)往事。
普林斯頓公開(kāi)課 - 人性課程節(jié)選

Putting a router in your living room could become a thing of the past.
FORBES: This Announcement From Samsung Should Have Cable Companies Quaking