Interest rates generally have been declining since last spring, despite a few upward blips in recent weeks.

尽管最近几周突然出现了几次短暂回升，利率自去年春季以来总的来说一直呈下降趋势。

At last spring came, with its warm sunshine.

春天终于来了，带来了温暖的阳光。

These are not actually from last spring, but they're typical enough that I was too lazy to make some new quotes.

实际上这些都不是来自去年春天，但是他们足够典型，以至于我都懒得举新的例证。

It thawed early last spring.

去年春天解冻得很早。