这个一度十分重要的社会集团（对治理该国的影响）越来越无足轻重了。
This once important social group is becoming more and more marginal (to the way the country is run).
她一度信仰社会主义，但现已归真反璞像她父母一样投票支持保守党了。
Once a socialist, she has now reverted to type and votes Tory like her parents.
他一度住在赞比亚。
He once lived in Zambia.
