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beforeprep.（介系词 preposition）- （位置）在…前面;在…面前[眼前]
problems before the meeting 在会议提出的问题
stand before the King 站在国王面前. - （时间）较…早[先],在…以前(cf. adv.)
the day [night] before yesterday (adv., n.) 前天[前晚](用作副词时,在美国常省略 the)
Come before five o'clock. 请五点以前来
before two days 在不到两天的时间里
It's a quarter before (=to) ten. 十点差一刻
His whole life is before him. 他的整个人生道路便从这里开始
Summer holidays were before the children. 暑假等待着孩子们. - （顺序、重要性,选择）先于(= preceding)
Put conscience before profits. 将良心置于利益之上
I would do anything before that. 什么都行,就是不想干这个. - (宁可…而)不愿…(= rather than)
- 面临,被…推着
bow before authority 屈服于权力
sail before the wind 顺风航行 (cf.before the wind).
conj.（连接词 conjunction）- 在…之前,比…早些,还没有…(就)
I had not waited long before he came. 我没等多久他就来了
It will be long [some time] before we meet again. 要过很长时间[一些时间]我们才会再见面
I got up before the sun rose. 太阳未出来我就起床了
You must sow before you can reap. 【谚】 没有耕耘就没有收获
Before I forget, we expect you tomorrow. 趁没忘记,我要说,我们希望你明天来. - (宁可…而)不愿(= rather than)
I will die before I give in (=before giving in). 我宁死也不投降.
adv.（副词 adverb）- （位置）在前,向前
go before 向前走
before and behind 前后
look before and after 瞻前顾后. - （时间）以前,以往,已经,较早
I have done this before. 这事我以前做过
I had been there before. 我以前去过那儿
the day before 前一天
long before 很久以前
I'll pay tomorrow, not before (=not sooner). 我明天还你,不会早于明天.★ before 「始自过去某一时刻」(AGO始自「现在」),意为「在以前」:two days before (从那时起)两天以前 (cf.prep. 2).
- be before
- (在队列,名单等中)在…之前;比…先抢到(新闻等)
- before Christ
- before everything
- before one knows where one is
同义: - preceding先于
- rather than(宁可…而)不愿…
- rather than(宁可…而)不愿
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