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before 中文

EN[bɪˈfɔː] [bɪˈfɔɹ] [bɪˈfo(ː)ɹ] [bɪˈfoə] [-ɔː(ɹ)]
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连在…之前

    Definition of before in English Dictionary

  • 副词 (Adverb)
    1. At an earlier time.
      1. All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. It was ugly, gross. Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion—or rather as a transition from the subject that started their conversation—such talk had been distressingly out of place.
    2. In advance.
      1. At the front end.
      2. 连词 (Conjunction)
        1. in advance of the time when.
          1. (informal) rather or sooner than.
          2. 介系词 (Preposition)
            1. Earlier than (in time).
              1. I want this done before Monday. ‎
            2. In front of in space.
              1. He stood before me. ‎
              2. We sat before the fire to warm ourselves. ‎
            3. In the presence of.
              1. He performed before the troops in North Africa.
              2. He spoke before a joint session of Congress.
            4. Under consideration, judgment, authority of (someone).
              1. The case laid before the panel aroused nothing but ridicule. ‎
            5. In store for, in the future of (someone).
              1. In front of, according to a formal system of ordering items.
                1. In alphabetical order, "cat" comes before "dog", "canine" before feline". ‎
              2. At a higher or greater position in a ranking.
                1. An entrepreneur puts market share and profit before quality, an amateur intrinsic qualities before economical considerations. ‎
            6. 更多范例
              1. 用于句中
                • Our lucky free draw winner will be treated to dinner, bed and breakfast, but the holiday must be taken before December, 1991 (subject to availability and excluding bank holidays).
                • It is quite late, I'd best get going before sunset. ‎
                • His story just doesn't add up. Why would he have been at the restaurant the day before the event?
              2. 用于句首
                • Before your jottering finger could find the trigger, the hilt would dirl on your breast-bane.
                • Before buying the car, we put it through its paces.
                • Before entering the clear, L. Ron Hubbard taught that one must restimulate one's memories of former lives.
              3. 用于句尾
                • Dan certainly has arms today, probably from scraping paint off four columns the day before.
                • I have prayed for strength for such a duty, and find it come off as weakly and dead-heartedly as before.
                • I was not born yesterday, you know. I have done this before!
            • 词类阶层 (Part-of-Speech Hierarchy)
              1. 副词
                • 连接性副词
                  • 序列副词
                  • 不可比的副词
                  • 连词
                    • 介系词
                    相关连结:
                    1. en beforehand
                    2. en beforely
                    3. en before't
                    4. en beforeness
                    5. en beforelife
                    资料来源: 维基词典

                    Meaning of before for the defined word.

                    在语法上，这个单字"before"是一个副词，更具体地来说，是一个连接性副词和一个不可比的副词。它同时也是一个连词。它同时也是一个介系词。
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