elapsed

weeks elapsed before anyone was charged with the attack.

有人因为这次袭击而被指控时，已经过去好几周了。

Four years have elapsed since he went to London.

自从他去了伦敦, 已过了四年。

Weeks elapsed before we could start renovating.

几周过去后我们才开始修复

Five months have elapsed since he joined the army.

"自从他参军以后,已经五个月了。"

A month elapsed, the girl was narcose all the same.The boy was peaked and pined, but he still believed that she would get better one day.

一个月过去了，女孩仍然昏睡着，而男孩早已憔悴不堪了，但他仍苦苦地支撑着。