before
英 [b?'f??]
美[b?'f?r]
- prep. 在…之前，先于
- adv. 以前；在前
- conj. 在…以前；在…之前
實用場景例句
- before lunch
- 午餐前
牛津詞典
- 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，大前年得了一枚銀牌。
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- She's lived there since before the war.
- 她從戰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.
- 像她父親先前一樣，她成了一名律師。
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- Leave your keys at reception before departure.
- 離開前請把鑰匙留在服務臺。
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- Something ought to have been done before now.
- 先前就該采取措施了。
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- We'll know before long (= soon) .
- 我們很快就會知道了。
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- Turn left just before (= before you reach) the bank.
- 在快到銀行時向左拐。
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- They knelt before the throne.
- 他們跪在御座前。
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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們要討論的要點清單。
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- Your name is before mine on the list.
- 名單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、孩子和教會都比她本人的需求重要。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- I saw before me an idyllic life.
- 展現在我眼前的是充滿詩情畫意的生活。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- The Governor will appear before the committee next Tuesday.
- 下周二，州長將接受委員會的質詢。
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- The game followed a colourful opening ceremony before a crowd of seventy-four thousand.
- 絢麗多彩的開幕式過后，這場比賽在74,000名觀眾的矚目之下開始了。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Everyone in the room knew it was the single hardest task before them...
- 房間里所有人都清楚，擺在他們面前的是最為艱巨的任務。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- The turn is about two kilometres before the roundabout.
- 拐彎就在環島前面約2公里處。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Before Gallacher could catch up with the ball, Nadlovu had beaten him to it.
- 加拉赫還沒來得及追上球，納德洛武就已經搶先一步觸到球了。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- I've been here before...
- 我以前來過這兒。
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- I had met Professor Lown before...
- 我以前見過勞恩教授。
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- It was some time before the door opened in response to his ring.
- 他按完門鈴后過了一會兒門才打開。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- There was additional work to be done before all the troops would be ready.
- 在全軍準備就緒之前，還有一些雜事必須處理。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- They drove through a tall iron gate and stopped before a large white villa.
- 他們開車穿過一個大鐵門，在一棟白色的大別墅前面停了下來。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Annie was born a few weeks before Christmas...
- 安妮出生在圣誕節前幾周。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Before World War II, women were not recruited as intelligence officers...
- 在第二次世界大戰之前，女性不能當情報人員。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- He spent his early life in Sri Lanka before moving to England...
- 在移居英格蘭之前，他早年是在斯里蘭卡度過的。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Before leaving, he went into his office to fill in the daily time sheet.
- 離開前，他到自己的辦公室填寫了日?？记诒?。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- The war had ended only a month or so before.
- 戰爭大約一個月前才剛剛結束。
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