Before
[bɪ'fɔː] or [bɪ'fɔr]
解釋/意思:
(prep.) In front of; preceding in space; ahead of; as, to stand before the fire; before the house.
(prep.) Preceding in time; earlier than; previously to; anterior to the time when; -- sometimes with the additional idea of purpose; in order that.
(prep.) An advance of; farther onward, in place or time.
(prep.) Prior or preceding in dignity, order, rank, right, or worth; rather than.
(prep.) In presence or sight of; face to face with; facing.
(prep.) Under the cognizance or jurisdiction of.
(prep.) Open for; free of access to; in the power of.
(adv.) On the fore part; in front, or in the direction of the front; -- opposed to in the rear.
(adv.) In advance.
(adv.) In time past; previously; already.
(adv.) Earlier; sooner than; until then.
校對:莎娜
同義詞及近義詞：
prep. [1]. Preceding.[2]. Prior to, previous to.[3]. In the presence of, face to face with.[4]. Near the front of, in front of.
ad. [1]. Toward the front.[2]. In advance, farther onward.[3]. Formerly, in time past, of old.[4]. Hitherto, up to that time.[5]. Above, in a former part.
校對:诺艾尔
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Precedently, anteriorly, antecedently
ANT:After, afterwards, subsequently, posteriorly, later, behind
以斯拉錄入
解釋/意思:
prep. in front of (time or place): in presence or sight of (Before God): under the cognisance of as in before the court the magistrate or the house: previous to: in preference to: superior to.—adv. in front: sooner than hitherto.—conj. previous to the time when (often with that).—advs. Before′hand before the time: by way of preparation; Before′time in former time.—To be beforehand with to forestall in any action.
錄入:洛伦佐
例句/造句/用法:
- I had never before seen Mr. Bruff pay her such devoted attention, and look at her with such marked respect. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- It has been done before. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- His labors, however, were interrupt ed by the death of his assistant Flemming, and by his own illness, which proved fatal in 1846, a few months before the actual discovery of Neptune. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- It was late in the day before the whole inscription was erased. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- His mother had died, years before. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- Everything that arose before his mind drifted him on, faster and faster, more and more steadily, to the terrible attraction. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- He would have taken it before now, I believe, but for Fledgeby. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Some weeks of spare time were at my disposal, before I entered on my functions by establishing myself in the suburbs of London. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- How she had to work and thrum at these duets and sonatas in the Street, before they appeared in public in the Square! 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- But, mamma, you have been in this neighbourhood before. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- I never had the feeling in the house before,' said Mrs Boffin; 'and I have been about it alone at all hours of the night. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- There is no coffin in that tomb; and may it be many, many years, before another name is placed above it! 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- But why should I not bear it as others have borne it before me! 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- They would not yet let me go: I must sit down and write before them. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- He showed me the silhouettes before he pasted them on white paper and handed them to the girls. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- There was something most startlingly familiar about him, exclaimed Mr. Philander, And yet, bless me, I know I never saw him before. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Every day, now, old Scriptural phrases that never possessed any significance for me before, take to themselves a meaning. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- But the queen had before contrived another project. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- Did not the Communist Manifesto appear many years before Das Kapital? 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- As I had had some previous experience with the statements of mining men, I concluded I would just send down a small plant and prospect the field before putting up a large one. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- It would be best to be away from here before I see her. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- There was a fine gentle wind, and Mr. Pickwick's hat rolled sportively before it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- He looked at her--oh, how fondly--as she came running towards him, her hands before her, ready to give them to him. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- The suitor, kissing the hem of the garment again before relinquishing it, replied, Habraham Latharuth, on thuthpithion of plate. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Expressions of incredulity and surprise, which he could not repress, interrupted me several times before I had done. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Canby appeared before Mobile on the 27th of March. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Outwardly it is very like the world before the war. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- At nine o'clock in the morning we went and stood before this marble colossus. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Some time ago, before her father's death, when I thought it right to mention to her--but I'll tell you, if you will bear with me, how it was. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- In a still narrower sense the truth of the Preacher's declaration is apparent:-- In an address before the Anthropological Society of Washington in 1885, the late Prof. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
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