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当时我并不知道。

I didn't know then.

他一接到电报，当时就赶回去了。

He hurried back the moment he received the telegram.

她一听到这消息当时就晕倒了。

She fainted on hearing the news.

他的人物画在当时可谓登峰造极。

His painting of people attained a level never known before.

当时的情景非言语所能形容。

The occasion defies description.

当时我流血过多，觉得昏天黑地的。

I blacked out through loss of blood.

当时军阀混战，盗贼横行，真是昏天黑地。

Ridden with warlordism and banditry, the country was then in a dark, troubled period of its history.

这是当时流行的论调。

This argument was prevalent at the time.

我当时手头紧，没法子，只好卖书。

I was hard up then, and had to sell off my books.

当时的情景令人难忘。

It was so impressive that it always remained fresh in my memory.

因为年岁久远，当时的具体情况已记不清了。

As it happened so many years ago, I don't remember the details.

当时他心中只有一个念头，就是为祖国增光。

At that time he had only one thing in mind: to win credit for his country.

我当时忙于工作，把这件事给忘掉了。

I was so busy working it simply slipped my mind.

当时的情景我久久不能忘怀。

For a long time afterwards I could not get the scene out of my mind.

你细细儿想想，当时在场的都有哪些人？

Now think very carefully who were present at the time.

我想起来了，她当时在场。

Now I remember, she was present at the time.

他一口咬定当时他不在现场。

He stated categorically that he was not at the scene of the crime.

依当时情况来说

in the light of the situation at the time; as matters then stood

当时我没在场。

I wasn't there at the time.

这本书记载了当时北曲演员的艺术活动。

The book describes the artistic life of Beiqu (operas popular in the North of China) actors at that time.