before
英[bɪ'fɔː]
美[bɪ'fɔr]
- prep. 在…之前，先于
- adv. 以前；在前
- conj. 在…以前；在…之前
实用场景例句
- before lunch
- 午餐前
牛津词典
- the day before yesterday
- 前天
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- The year before last he won a gold medal, and the year before that he won a silver.
- 他前年得了一枚金牌，大前年得了一枚银牌。
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- She's lived there since before the war.
- 她从战前起就一直住在那里。
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- He arrived before me.
- 他比我先到。
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- She became a lawyer as her father had before her.
- 像她父亲先前一样，她成了一名律师。
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- Leave your keys at reception before departure.
- 离开前请把钥匙留在服务台。
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- Something ought to have been done before now.
- 先前就该采取措施了。
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- We'll know before long (= soon) .
- 我们很快就会知道了。
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- Turn left just before (= before you reach) the bank.
- 在快到银行时向左拐。
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- They knelt before the throne.
- 他们跪在御座前。
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- Before you is a list of the points we have to discuss.
- 放在你面前的是一份我们要讨论的要点清单。
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- Your name is before mine on the list.
- 名单上你的名字在我之前。
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- Her husband, her children, and the Church came before her needs.
- 丈夫、孩子和教会都比她本人的需求重要。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I saw before me an idyllic life.
- 展现在我眼前的是充满诗情画意的生活。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The Governor will appear before the committee next Tuesday.
- 下周二，州长将接受委员会的质询。
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- The game followed a colourful opening ceremony before a crowd of seventy-four thousand.
- 绚丽多彩的开幕式过后，这场比赛在74,000名观众的瞩目之下开始了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Everyone in the room knew it was the single hardest task before them...
- 房间里所有人都清楚，摆在他们面前的是最为艰巨的任务。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The turn is about two kilometres before the roundabout.
- 拐弯就在环岛前面约2公里处。
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- Before Gallacher could catch up with the ball, Nadlovu had beaten him to it.
- 加拉赫还没来得及追上球，纳德洛武就已经抢先一步触到球了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I've been here before...
- 我以前来过这儿。
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- I had met Professor Lown before...
- 我以前见过劳恩教授。
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- It was some time before the door opened in response to his ring.
- 他按完门铃后过了一会儿门才打开。
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- There was additional work to be done before all the troops would be ready.
- 在全军准备就绪之前，还有一些杂事必须处理。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- They drove through a tall iron gate and stopped before a large white villa.
- 他们开车穿过一个大铁门，在一栋白色的大别墅前面停了下来。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Annie was born a few weeks before Christmas...
- 安妮出生在圣诞节前几周。
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- Before World War II, women were not recruited as intelligence officers...
- 在第二次世界大战之前，女性不能当情报人员。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He spent his early life in Sri Lanka before moving to England...
- 在移居英格兰之前，他早年是在斯里兰卡度过的。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Before leaving, he went into his office to fill in the daily time sheet.
- 离开前，他到自己的办公室填写了日常考勤表。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The war had ended only a month or so before.
- 战争大约一个月前才刚刚结束。
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