原来

formerly

originally

original

former

at first

primarily

aboriginally

it turns out that

primitively

prove

原来[yuánlái]

-（起初）original;former;inthefirstplace:
originalidea;原来的想法
originalfeatures原来面目
-（表示发现真实情况）so;turnouttobe:

原来她姑姑就是我表姐。
It turns out that her aunt and my cousin are one and the same (person).

她与原来的丈夫离婚十年後又复婚了。
She remarried her former husband ten years after their divorce.

这块地毯已经脏得辨认不出原来的颜色了。
The carpet was badly stained, to such an extent that (ie so much that) you couldn't tell its original colour.

我认为你原来的计画比这个好。
I prefer your original plan to this one.

这座建筑原来是打算用作餐厅的。
This building was primarily intended to be a dinning hall.

这项任务原来比我们预想的难得多。
The task proved (to be) more difficult than we'd thought.

她嫁给一个演员後，与自己原来的生活环境大不相同，初时觉得这种生活十分陌生。
Coming from another milieu, she found life as an actor's wife very strange at first.