词典释义：
是；BE的第二人称单数过去式、复数过去式、虚拟语气过去式
也许可以这么说；在某种程度上
(提出劝告时说)换作是我
那个好时候
if wishes were horses, beggars would ride
如果愿望是匹马；乞丐也能有马骑；如果你能仅仅通过愿望来实现目标；生活将非常容易
as though there were no tomorrow
不顾后果地
(引出建议)要是我处在你的境地, 换了我是你的话
附近发生骚乱。
他们袒胸露乳；他们裸露着胸部
浴室很脏；卫生间是脏的
他们是黑人
Some of the great inventions of our time were invented because inventors decided to think outside the box.
许多我们时代的伟大的发明是因为发明者摆脱了思维定势。
Could you dance when you were ten or did you learn later?
你10岁时就会跳舞吗？还是之后学的？
Her memoirs were ghostwritten.
她的回忆录是由别人代写的。
Safety rules were disregarded.
安全规定被忽视了。
They were childhood sweethearts.
他们俩是青梅竹马。
The sandwiches were microscopic!
这些三明治小得都快看不见了！
The doors were padlocked.
门都用挂锁锁着。
second person singular past, plural past, and past subjunctive of BE.
BE的第二人称单数过去式、复数过去式、虚拟语气过去式。
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We were pipe pals! We were?
我们是管友！是吗？
《Finding Dory》《海底总动员2：多莉去哪儿》
What color were they? Were they big?
它们是什么颜色的？它们大吗？
《Maleficent》《沉睡魔咒》
Those were your exact words? They were.
你当时就是这么说的吗？的确。
《The Good Wife Season 5》《傲骨贤妻 第五季》
They were not friends. They were imaginary colleagues.
他们不是朋友，他们是假想的同事。
《The Big Bang Theory Season 1》《生活大爆炸 第一季》
I liked how things were when they were.
我喜欢事物本来的样子。
《Ready Player One》《头号玩家》
I understand you were wounded. Where were you hit?
我知道你受过伤，你的伤口在哪儿？
《Forrest Gump》《阿甘正传》
Remember how wild we were? Were we ever! Were we ever? Not really, no.
还记得我们以前有多疯狂吗？我们有吗！我们有吗？没有，没有。
《Modern Family Season 6 》《摩登家庭 第六季》
Some were too beachy, some were too cliffy. And all of them were too outsidey.
有些太海滩，有些太悬崖。而且所有地点都太室外了。
《The Big Bang Theory Season 11》《生活大爆炸 第十一季》
Gabriella, we were jerks. No, we were worse than jerks because we were mean jerks.
盖比瑞拉，我们是混蛋，不，我们更坏，因为我们还刻薄。
《High School Musical》《歌舞青春》
Even when you were a kid and you were chubby and you had no friends, you were just fine.
就连你小时候，胖嘟嘟的，一个朋友也没有的时候，你还是活得好好的。
《Friends Season 1》《老友记第一季》
So you were reading when you were 18 months old?
你十八个月的时候就能读书了吗？
《Like Sunday, Like Rain》《如晴天，似雨天》
I thought you were pumping. I thought you were my boss.
我以为你在挤母乳呢。我以为你是我老板。
《The Big Bang Theory Season 12》《生活大爆炸 第十二季》
Continue the work we were doing before we were banished.
继续我们未完成的事业。
《Star Trek Into Darkness》《星际迷航：暗黑无界》
Oh, you never were? Not even when you were a kid?
你从没参加过吗？小的时候也没有吗？
《The Big Bang Theory Season 4》《生活大爆炸 第四季》
You were saying?
那你是说...
《Kung Fu Panda》《功夫熊猫》
We were wrong.
我们错了。
《Sheryl Speech at Harvard》《Facebook COO谢丽尔·桑德伯格哈佛演讲》
We were a marriage of equals. We were very happy.
我们的婚姻是平等的，我们很幸福。
《Downton Abbey Season 6》《唐顿庄园 第六季》
In here, we were gods. And you were merely our guests.
在这里，我们就是神，你们只是我们的客人。
《Westworld Season 1》《西部世界 第一季》
They were inconclusive.
它们结果不明。
《Divergent》《分歧者：异类觉醒》
You were pregnant?
你怀孕了？
《Predestination》《前目的地》
