before的中文翻譯是什麼意思
before
prep. 在…之前; 在…前面; 比…重要
conj. 在…之前; 到…為止; 以免
adv. 以前
before的柯林斯釋義
PREP（時間上）在…之前，早於
If something happens before a particular date, time, or event, it happens earlier than that date, time, or event.
Annie was born a few weeks before Christmas...
安妮出生在聖誕節前幾周。
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。
PREP在（做某事）之前
If you do one thing before doing something else, you do it earlier than the other thing.
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。
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常考勤表。
ADV在（某時間或某事）以前
You use before when you are talking about time. For example, if something happened the day before a particular date or event, it happened during the previous day.
The war had ended only a month or so before.
戰爭大約一個月前才剛剛結束。
CONJ-SUBORD在（他人做某事）之前
If you do something before someone else can do something, you do it when they have not yet done it.
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。
ADV以前；以往；過去
If someone has done something before, they have done it on a previous occasion. If someone has not done something before, they have never done it.
I've been here before...
我以前來過這兒。
I had met Professor Lown before...
我以前見過勞恩教授。
CONJ-SUBORD（直到…）才；（過了…）才
If there is a period of time or if several things are done before something happens, it takes that amount of time or effort for this thing to happen.
It was some time before the door opened in response to his ring.
他按完門鈴後過了一會兒門才開啟。
CONJ-SUBORD（必須先具備某一條件）才能；在…之前（必須具備某一條件）
If a particular situation has to happen before something else happens, this situation must happen or exist in order for the other thing to happen.
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。
PREP（方位）在…前面，在…面前
If someone is before something, they are in front of it.
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。
PREP（所經位置）在…前面
If you tell someone that one place is a certain distance before another, you mean that they will come to the first place first.
The turn is about two kilometres before the roundabout.
拐彎就在環島前面約2公里處。
PREP面對…（回答質詢）
If you appear or come before an official person or group, you go there and answer questions.
The Governor will appear before the committee next Tuesday.
下週二，州長將接受委員會的質詢。
PREP當著…的面；在…注視之下
If something happens before a particular person or group, it is seen by or happens while this person or this group is present.
The game followed a colourful opening ceremony before a crowd of seventy-four thousand.
絢麗多彩的開幕式過後，這場比賽在74,000名觀眾的矚目之下開始了。
PREP擺在…面前；使面對；使面臨
If you have something such as a journey, a task, or a stage of your life before you, you must do it or live through it in the future.
Everyone in the room knew it was the single hardest task before them...
房間裡所有人都清楚，擺在他們面前的是最為艱鉅的任務。
I saw before me an idyllic life.
展現在我眼前的是充滿詩情畫意的生活。
PREP（重要性）超過；比…重要
When you want to say that one person or thing is more important than another, you can say that they come before the other person or thing.
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。
before的英文釋義
Adverb
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的同義詞辨析
ago, before
這兩個副詞均含"……以前"之意。
- ago ：指從現在起往前推算一段時間，始終置於所修飾的詞之後，與一般過去時連用。
- before ：或指從過去某一時間起向前推算的若干時間的以前，通常與過去完成時連用；或泛指以前，並不具體指若干時間以前，可使用現在完成的或過去時；還可指從將來某一時間起的若干時間以前。
before, in front of, in the front of
這些前置詞(短語)均含有"在……前"之意。
before的場景例句
The stew must be boiled up before serving.
燉肉必須煮熟才能上桌.
She doesn't like to make a scene before strangers.
當著生人的面,她不願大吵大鬧.
One way and another I'm going to finish this work before the end of the month.
無論如何,我打算在本月完成這項工作.
If you speed up your work, we can finish before it is dark.
要是你加緊, 我們可以在天黑前結束工作.
Cranes take from four to seven years to mature before they pair up.
鶴要4至7歲才成熟交配.