before

释义

adv.

以前；过去；已经

conj.

以免；不然；在…以前；到…为止

prep.

在…以前；在…面前（或前面）；（次序或排列）在前面；表示面临或临近

网络

之前；在……之前；在……前面

常用短语 10 组

before and after

前后，之前之后

than before

比以前

as before

如以前

before long

不久以后

ever before

以前；从前

than ever before

比以往任何时候更…

from before

从…以前

go before

居先；走在前面

on or before

截至；在或在…以前

before all

尤其，特别

在例句中理解 40 句

1. Because compiler errors prevent a program from running, you need to find and fix, or debug, those errors before trying to run your program.

   由于编译器错误会妨碍程序运行，所以您必须在尝试运行程序之前查找并修复或者调试那些错误。

2. Many of these proposals had never before been used in Egypt.

   许多建议的方法都从来没有在埃及使用过。

3. For those who stood before him jeering him, reviling him, taunting him, and actually thrusting their tongues out at him in mockery.

   那些站在祂面前，嘲弄祂、辱骂祂、讥笑祂和戏谑祂的群众。

4. As you might have guessed, I'm hoping that this bottle will work its magic, as it did once before, and somehow bring us back together.

   你可能已经猜到，我希望这个瓶子能像它曾经那样，产生神奇的力量，让我们在走到一起。

5. in this week's mailbag, especially after he made some comments at a function on Wednesday night, just two days before his trade to Detroit.

   雨刷伯在本周的球迷们邮件中是一个被广为谈论的话题，特别是在星期三晚上的一些特别的评论之后，在他被交易到底特律的两天前。

6. Before learning all that Qin had to teach him, Xue claimed that he had mastered all of Qin's skills and asked to leave.

   可他还没学会秦青教的技巧，就自诩掌握了老师的全部技能，提出要离开。

7. I really should have gone through it with a fine tooth comb before I started writing and I didn't.

   我真的应该在写作之前好好地梳理一下思路，但我没有。

8. He paused to look at me for a long time before answering. "I might have seen him. "

   他停下来，久久看着我，然后开口说：“兴许我见过他。”

9. More than two years before the next presidential election is too early to rule out a Republican return to the White House.

   距下届总统大选还有两年多，现在就排除共和党重返白宫的可能性为时过早。

10. Li said the case is still before the courts and a judgment could take some time because South Korea has no restriction on trial length.

    李律师表示，官司还没进入法庭审理的程序，而由于韩国没有对审判期限作出限制，判决可能需要相当的时日。

11. Previously he had been a night guard there, and before that a petrol - pump attendant, having dropped out of college .

    大学退学后，独立开设医院之前，他曾做过加油站加油工、夜间保安。

12. "Excess liquidity in private equity has created temptation like there has never been temptation before, " he says.

    他说：“私人股本中的过剩流动性激发了前所未有的吸引力。”

13. The man was much taller than Robin. And he had better build, too. Still Robin did not plan to let man cross the bridge before him.

    那个人比罗宾高出了许多，身材也比罗宾魁梧。不过罗宾仍然不打算让这个人先过桥。

14. Instead it is forced to stop against the bottom of the other floats, and then slide to the side just like before.

    这样，它会被强制停止到另一个浮动的底部，然后向之前那样进行滑行。

15. Two years, we have not had red face, monmouth, there was no worry about the University before any unhappy things.

    两年里，我们没有红过脸，没有吵过嘴，没有发生上大学前所担心的任何不开心的事情。

16. Then suddenly, she would let her guard down and spend some time pampering herself before a night out with her friends from her hall.

    或许会有那么几个晚上放松警惕，给自己一点犒劳，约上朋友，一起出去。

17. He said he had told her about it two years before.

    他说他两年前就把那事告诉她了。

18. That luminary gazed earnestly at some papers before him, as if they were of the greatest concern .

    那个大人物一本正经地看起面前的报纸来，仿佛那些报纸是他头等关心的事情。

19. Before we go any further, we have to tell you that the first step, if you smoke, is to stop.

    在我们说得更多以前，我们必须告诉你：假如你抽烟，第一步是停止抽烟。

20. I rushed to grab my camera and managed to get a few shots of this m's wedding before it was all over.

    我抓起照相机，趁着雨停之前抓拍到了几张晴天下雨的照片。

21. I do not say this to condemn you; I have said before that you have such a place in our hearts that we would live or die with you.

    我说这话，不是要定你们的罪。我已经说过，你们常在我们心里，情愿与你们同生同死。

22. She had never seen this done before. No one taught her to bend this into a hook; had shown her how it could happen.

    之前也没有任何人或者别的乌鸦教它如何把线弯成钩子；或者告诉过它可以通过这种方式捞肉。

23. "There's Baldy, " he said, pointing to a bald eagle circling low, keeping an eye on the rack, looking to snag any fish before Turner did.

    他指着盘旋下来的一只秃鹰。秃鹰一直盯着木架，指望在特纳赶到之前抓住所有的鱼。

24. A week before she tried to hang herself, her family found the sites that she had been logging on to on the computer.

    在她上吊的前一周，家人发现她在电脑登陆这样的网站。

25. In a weird way, it was as if we were together again, on a more intimate level than ever before, though without him knowing it.

    有时候我会觉得这很奇妙，就好像我们又在一起一样，并且是一种从未有过的更加亲密的感觉，即便这一切他并不知晓。

26. Before she spoke again she studied Homer's eyes and Homer knew that she knew the message was not a welcome one.

    在她再次开口之前，她仔细观察了霍默的眼神。霍默知道，她已经明白，这份电报是份不受欢迎的电报。

27. The night before I left the field hospital Rinaldi came in to see me with the major from our mess.

    离开野战医院的前夕，雷那蒂带着饭堂里那位少校来看我。

28. I happened to see Miss Jin. She was more beautiful than before.

    我碰巧看到金小姐。她比以前更漂亮了。

29. A sideways trend is often regarded as a period of consolidation before the price continues in the direction of the previous move.

    横盘通常是指延续原有走势之前的一段时期的股价巩固。

30. It was four o'clock before the waning day, with its suggestion of a cooler evening, caused him to return.

    等到他发现白天就要过去，夜晚可能转凉，想起要回去的时候，已经是4点钟了。

31. The new road should be completed before the end of the year.

    这条新公路应该在年底前完工。

32. Let’s meet at our house before the show.

    看演出前在我们家碰头吧。

33. Larry arrived home before me.

    拉里在我之前到家。

34. We only got back from Scotland the day before yesterday (= two days ago ) .

    我们前天才从苏格兰回来。

35. Other students joined in the protest, and before long (= soon ) there was a crowd of 200 or so.

    其他学生也加入了抗议队伍，不久就有200人左右了。

36. Say goodbye before you go.

    你走之前要告别。

37. I saw her a few days before she died.

    她去世的前几天我见过她。

38. Haven’t I met you before somewhere?

    我以前在哪儿见过你吗？

39. Never before had he seen so many people starving.

    他以前从未见过这么多的人在挨饿。

40. She looked just the same as before.

    她看上去就和以前一样。