in the past year

基本解释

So what have you learned in the past year?
那么你在过去的一年里学到了什么？
Two of them went down in the past year, and of the remaining 13, 12 are past their design lifetimes.
刚刚过去的一年中有两颗坠落，剩下的13颗中，有12颗已经超过了设计使用年限。
Of all the parents we’ve spoken to in the past year, not a single set has received any significant information about their child’s case, let alone recovered their child.
在我们过去几年采访过的所有父母中，没有一个人收到关于他们孩子案件的任何重要消息，更不用说找到他们的孩子。

Today we remember six interesting people who died in the past year.
I think it's much severe than what you have experienced in the past year or two for the general economic situation.
甚至比过去两年的经济形势,还要严峻。
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We did have a large,short position in subprime mortgage-backed securities, which has paid off enormously for the University and really helped protect assets in the past nine months or a year.
我们确实曾持有很多,次级抵押担保证券的空头,它们为耶鲁赚了不少钱,并且在过去的9个月或1年间,为资产保值发挥了实在的作用
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The good news is that 117 countries have increased their economic freedom in the past year.
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