a while back

基本解释

Was it maybe a while back?
那或许是一段时间以前吧？
A while back I read an interesting story in a parenting magazine.
不久之前我在一本教育杂志上读到一个很有趣的故事。
Aiden: A while back you showed me a picture you created of a panda bear.
艾登：前阵子你给我看了一张对大熊猫进行创作设计的图。

"David Miliband said a while back, having said 54 times that in answer to parliamentary questions that nobody had gone through Diego Garcia, he said on the 55th time that actually the U.S.had now told him that people had gone through Diego Garcia.
Well, a while back I said that we'll use it at least for a few weeks this moniker string.
好的，前阵子我说过，我们将至少,要使用这个绰号几周。
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I read an article a while back about a private fire company, the Salem Fire Corporation, in Arkansas.
我看过一篇关于私人消防公司的文章，在阿肯色州有一家塞伦消防公司。
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In fact, a while back, he stopped by the White House to talk about education.
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