详解介词before

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详解介词before

帖子 royl » 周二 7月 27, 2010 7:56 pm

详解介词before

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1a. 在…之前的时间:
We arrived shortly before six o'clock. (我们快要到六点钟才抵达)
before dinner (晚餐之前)
He left just before sunrise. (他于日出之前离开)
I've never seen her so happy before now. (我从未看到她如此高兴)
Call me before your arrival. (在你到达之前先打电话给我)
She arrived the day before yesterday. (她前天到达)
Why haven't you ever helped me before now/this? (为什么你以前从来没帮过我的忙?)
I finished the exam before him. [=before he finished the exam] (我比他先考完/交卷)
You can go before me. [=before I go] (你可以比我先走)
He's an electrician, like his father before him. [=his father was also an electrician] (跟他父亲一样, 他也是个电工)
They earned 50,000 dollars before (paying) taxes. (他赚进税前五万块钱)

1b. (美国) 在某整点之前的时间:
It's 20 (minutes) before 12. [=it's 20 of/to 12; it's 11:40] (十一点四十分; 也就是, 离十二点还有二十分钟)

2. 在顺序或系列之前:
Your name is listed before mine. (你的名字列在我的之前)
You'll see my house just before the bank and after the school. (你会看到我的房子位于银行之前, 学校之后)
The number 2 comes before 3 and after 1. [=2 comes between 1 and 3] (数字二在三之前, 一之后)

3a. 在…面前:
The Great Plains stretched endlessly before them. (广袤的大平原展现在他们面前)
The championship fight took place before a crowd of thousands. : in the presence of (someone) (冠军拳赛在数千人面前举行)
The defendant stood up before the judge. —see also (right) before/in front of your (very) eyes (被告站在法官面前)

3b. 置于某人之前来考量或决定:
The case before the court involves a robbery. (这个法庭要审判的案件涉及抢劫)
the candidates before the voters (选民要决定的几位后选人)
I have a proposal to put before [=to] the board. (我有一建议要交给委员会审议)
The question before us is this: did he fall or was he pushed? (我们要决定的问题是: 是他自己摔倒还是被别人推倒?)

3c. 在…之前或未来:
They had no idea of the ordeal that lay before them. (他们茫然不知将要发生的磨难)

4a. 比…更高位阶, 更重要:
They put quantity before [=above] quality. [=they cared more about quantity than about quality] (他们注重数量高于质量)

4b. 优先选择:
He vowed that he would choose death before dishonor. [=he would rather die than be dishonored] (他宁愿死也不愿被羞辱)

5 (正式) 在某种力量之下:
The tree fell before the force of the wind. [=the force of the wind caused the tree to fall] (这颗树被吹倒在强风下)

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