1.It's nowadays common to run yourself into the ground and then, as you feel like a shadow of your former self, to seek help.
你跌倒了，在你内心总是存在以前的阴影，去寻找帮助吧。
2.But it's been mostly cannibalized by its pulsar companion, and is now just a shadow of its former self.
其大部分已被它的脉冲星同伴拆解，目前所见的只是之前的影子而已。
3.She used to be a great player, but now she's only shadow of her former self.
她以前是个健将，现在已不及当年了。
4.He had been a shadow of his former self in recent months in La Liga, but the San Siro air has revitalised Ronaldo.
在过去的几个月里，西甲让罗纳尔多郁闷得像只鬼，但是圣西罗的圣空气又让它复活了。
5.She used to be a great player, but now she's only a shadow of her former self.
她曾是一位了不起的运动员，但以前的风采现在却已荡然无存。
6."THAT Used To Be Us" is the title of one of the latest books to lament America's decline from its former self.
最近那些哀悼美国衰落、叹息其大不如前的书籍中，有一本名为《我们曾经如斯》。
7.Now, look at me! I am nothing but a ghost of my former self.
现在你看看我！只剩下前身的灵魂
8.On the whole, bosses reject the candour of the out-of-office Mr Blunkett, and adopt instead the unflinching confidence of his former self.
总体而言，老板们拒绝像已下台的布伦基特那样直率，反而采用了以前的他那种无所畏惧的自信态度。
9.10 years on and a great britain is a politically correct, unjust, over-governed, over-taxed and unrecognisable shadow of its former self.
十年以来，一个大英帝国是一个政治上正确，但是不公正，过度统治，过度税收，和以前的英国比起来判若两人的国家。
10.But while you are crowing over your imaginary success, see if it does not return with seven devils worse than its former self.
可是你正在为这种空洞的胜利自鸣得意的时候，它却又会卷土重来，而且还要厉害个十倍八倍呢。