英汉词典

before 基本解释

• prep. 在…之前，先于
• adv. 以前；在前
• conj. 在…以前；在…之前

before 中文词源

前缀be-, 强调。fore, 前面的。

before 英文词源

before

before: [OE] Before is a Germanic compound, made up of *bi- ‘by’ and *forana ‘from the front’ (the resulting *biforana entered Old English as beforan). The second element, *forana, is a derivative of *fora, source of English for; this originally meant ‘before’, and only gradually developed the senses we are familiar with today.
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before (adv., prep.)

Old English beforan "before, in front of, in the presence of, in former times," from Proto-Germanic *bi- "by" + *forana "from the front," adverbial derivative of *fora (see fore (adv.)). Compare Old Frisian bifara, Old Saxon biforan, Old High German bifora, German bevor. Contrasting before and after in illustrations is from Hogarth (1768). Before the mast in old sailing ships denoting "common sailor," is from the place of their berths, in front of the fore-mast.

before 英文释义

1. earlier in time; previously;

"I had known her before"

"as I said before"

"he called me the day before but your call had come even earlier"

"her parents had died four years earlier"

"I mentioned that problem earlier"

2. at or in the front;

"I see the lights of a town ahead"

"the road ahead is foggy"

"staring straight ahead"

"we couldn't see over the heads of the people in front"

"with the cross of Jesus marching on before"

before 同义词解析

ago, before

这两个副词均含"……以前"之意。

ago：指从现在起往前推算一段时间，始终置于所修饰的词之后，与一般过去时连用。

before：或指从过去某一时间起向前推算的若干时间的以前，通常与过去完成时连用；或泛指以前，并不具体指若干时间以前，可使用现在完成的或过去时；还可指从将来某一时间起的若干时间以前。

before, in front of, in the front of

这些前置词(短语)均含有"在……前"之意。

before： 指空间位置或时间的"在……前"。表时间时，反义词为after；指空间位置时，其反义词是behind。

in front of： 指在某地方之外的前面，即不在其中，多与静态动词连用，通常可与before通用。

in the front of： 指在某地方之内的前面，即在其中的前部分。

before 双语例句

1. The Koran recommends fasting as a penance before pilgrimages.

《古兰经》劝告人们在朝圣前斋戒，以作为一种补赎。

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2. You have to pay your outstanding bill before joining the scheme.

在参加该项目之前必须结清余账。

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3. Wash your hands thoroughly with hot soapy water before handling any food.

在拿吃的之前，用热肥皂水把手好好地洗干净。

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4. One month before the deadline we see the hollowness of these promises.

离最后期限只有一个月时，我们认识到了这些许诺都是空头支票。

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5. Before the race, he is fine. But afterwards he is worn out.

赛前他状态很好，赛后就筋疲力尽了。

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before 实用场景例句

before lunch

午餐前

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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。

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I saw before me an idyllic life.

展现在我眼前的是充满诗情画意的生活。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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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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