1·He says demand has boomed in the past couple of years.
他说，需求在过去几年里迅速增长。
2·He has been confined to bed with flu for the past couple of days.
他因患流感，已经几天未下床了。
—— 《牛津词典》
3·In the past couple of weeks a quarrel has illustrated the value to advertisers of such fine-grained information: Should advertisers assume that people are happy to be tracked and sent behavioural ads?
在过去几周里，一场争论说明了这种精细的信息对于广告商的价值：广告商是否可以认为用户愿意被跟踪并投放行为广告？
4·Prices have really gone up the past couple of years.
过去这几年价钱真是提高不少。
5·During the past couple weeks, gold has had the Midas Touch.
在过去几周里，黄金焕发着其点石成金的魅力。
6·And I've done that at least a dozen times the past couple days.
而且过去一段日子里我每天都得干上好几十次这样的事。
7·But I hadn't heard any of his songs in the past couple of years.
不过，过去两三年里我没有听到他的歌。
8·Only in the past couple of years have consumers paused for breath.
仅仅在过去两年因为消费者紧缩开支而放缓。
9·But in the past couple of years this has quietly started to change.
但近两年情况已悄然改变。
10·The past couple of years have proven tough for most retirement accounts.
事实已经证明，过去几年对大部分退休帐户来说都是艰难的。