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
 
牛津词典
- 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。
 
牛津词典
- 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。
 
牛津词典
- 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。
 
牛津词典
- 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。
 
牛津词典
- Your name is before mine on the list.
 - 名单上你的名字在我之前。
 
牛津词典
- 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。
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I had met Professor Lown before...
 - 我以前见过劳恩教授。
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
 
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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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