Je was op zoek naar: past is past (Engels - Chinees (Vereenvoudigd))

clan that is past its prime
迟暮之族

but looking to the past is not sufficient.
可是回顾过去是不够的。

the time for long speeches and presentations is past.
长篇演讲和发言的时代已经成为过去。

critical recommendations for which implementation is past due
执行逾期的关键建议

the past is not forgotten -- nor should it be.
过去没有被忘记 - - - - 也不应当忘记。

critical recommendations the implementation of which is past due
执行逾期的关键建议

faulkner once said, "the past is not dead, it's not even the past."
福克纳曾说过：“过去未曾消逝， 它们还留在心中。”

iv. critical recommendations the implementation of which is past due
四. 执行逾期的关键建议

for, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
因 為 冬 天 已 往 ． 雨 水 止 住 過 去 了

but talking about the past is not going to help ethiopia or eritrea.
但是，纠缠历史不会给埃塞俄比亚或厄立特里亚带来帮助。

"anyone who closes his eyes to the past is blind to the present.
"对过去视而不见的人就是无视当前。

india, like all other colonial oppressors of the past, is surely mistaken.
印度与过去的所有其他殖民压迫者一样当然想错了。

the president believes that any possible consensus is past the stage of a drafting exercise.
主席认为任何可能的协商一致都已经过了起草阶段。

anyone who thinks that the gender pay difference is a thing of the past is quite mistaken.
以为两性工资差距已经成为过去的人大错特错了。

2.1 dealing with the past is essential to a society's present and future.
2.1 处理过去事件对于一个社会的现在和未来极为重要。

contact between the contemporary world and the past is a fundamental factor for the healthy development of societies.
当代世界与以往世界的接触是社会健康发展的一个基本要素。

130. the particularly poor health status of women in the country in the past is showing a notable improvement.
130. 妇女、尤其是农村妇女、过去健康状况特别不佳的情况，已呈现显著的改善。

do not marry the women whom your fathers married, although what is past is past. this indeed was a shameful deed, a hateful thing, and an evil way.
你们不要娶你们的父亲娶过的妇女，但已往的不受惩罚。这确是一件丑事，确是一件可恨的行为，这种习俗真恶劣！

yes, the past is in the present, but the future is still in our hands -- yours as well as mine.
的确，过去又出现在当今，但未来依然掌握在我们手中，以及你们手中。

as such, the government's policy of arabization, as reported by the special rapporteur in the past, is continuing.
如特别报告员以往所报告的那样，继续依此一做法推行政府的阿拉伯化政策。