以往

in the past

formerly

anciently

以往[yǐwǎng]

-before;formerly;previous;inthepast:
Theyear'sharvestisbetterthananypreviousyear's.今年的收成比以往哪年都好。

英国的政治以往是有产阶级的特权。
Politics in Britain used to be the perquisite of the property-owning classes.

这次试验的结果与以往试验的结果毫不相干。
The results of this experiment do not correlate with the results of earlier ones.

那个德国姑娘在100米比赛中刷新了自己以往最好的成绩。
The German girl improved on her previous best performance in the 100 metres.

希望在新的工作岗位上，她的才干能够得到比以往更好的发挥。
It is hoped that in her new job her talents will be better utilised than before.