◎ 單詞釋義

conj.在 ... 以前

pref.在 ... 以前；在..前面

adv.以前；以往；之前

在...以前

與其...寧可

adv.(副詞)

在前，向前

較早

以前，以往，已經

n.(名詞)

以前的事情

prep.(介詞)

（指時間）在...以前

（指位置）在...前面，面對著

（指次序、重要性等）在...之前，先于

（寧可...而）不愿...

由...考慮中

等待著...，有待于...去完成

在未扣除…之前

prep.(介詞)

(表示位置)在…前面 in front of

(表示時間)先于,在…以前 earlier than; preceding in time

(表示順序)在…之前 at an earlier point in an order than; ahead of

(表示比較)優于,先于 occupying a superior place in order of precedence or importance

(表示選擇)與其…寧可 in preference (to), rather than

conj.(連詞)

在…之前 earlier than the time

adv.(副詞)

先前; 從前; 以前 at an earlier time; already; formerly

在前，在前面 in the front

到前面 forward

adv

1. earlier in time
previously

e.g. 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

Synonym: earlier

2. at or in the front

e.g. 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

Synonym: aheadin front

In addition to the uses shown below, before is used in the phrasal verbs ‘go before’ and ‘lay before’.
除下列用法外，before 還可用于 go before 和 lay before 等短語動詞中。

1. （時間上）在…之前，早于
If something happens before a particular date, time, or event, it happens earlier than that date, time, or event.

e.g. Annie was born a few weeks before Christmas...
安妮出生在圣誕節前幾周。
e.g. 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。

2. 在（做某事）之前
If you do one thing before doing something else, you do it earlier than the other thing.

before的解釋

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

3. 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.

before

e.g. The war had ended only a month or so before.
戰爭大約一個月前才剛剛結束。


4. 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.

e.g. 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。

5. 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.

e.g. I've been here before...
我以前來過這兒。
e.g. I had met Professor Lown before...
我以前見過勞恩教授。

6. （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.

e.g. It was some time before the door opened in response to his ring.
他按完門鈴后過了一會兒門才打開。

7. （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.

e.g. 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。

8. （方位）在…前面，在…面前
If someone is before something, they are in front of it.

e.g. 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。

9. （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.

e.g. The turn is about two kilometres before the roundabout.
拐彎就在環島前面約2公里處。

10. 面對…（回答質詢）
If you appear or come before an official person or group, you go there and answer questions.

before的反義詞

e.g. The Governor will appear before the committee next Tuesday.
下周二，州長將接受委員會的質詢。

11. 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.

e.g. The game followed a colourful opening ceremony before a crowd of seventy-four thousand.
絢麗多彩的開幕式過后，這場比賽在74,000名觀眾的矚目之下開始了。

12. 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.

e.g. Everyone in the room knew it was the single hardest task before them...
房間里所有人都清楚，擺在他們面前的是最為艱巨的任務。
e.g. I saw before me an idyllic life.
展現在我眼前的是充滿詩情畫意的生活。

13. （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.

e.g. 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。

14. before long -> see long

prep.(介詞)

before可用于表示時間。首先，可以表示“先于，在…以前”，其后可以跟表示具體日期、時間等的名詞或數詞，也可以跟表示時間或動作的名詞。其次，可以表示“在做…之前”，后接 v -ing。再次，可以表示“緊接在…之前”。before用于否定句還可表示“直到…為止”。注意before之后只能接表示時間點的名詞，而不能接表示時間段的名詞。

before可用于表示動態或靜態的位置，意思是“在…之前”，與behind相對。

before可用于表示順序或排列上的“在…之前”或“居于…之前”，與after相對。引申可用于表示比較，即在等級、價值、重要性、能力等方面的“在先”“優于”“重于”。再引申則可用于表示對某事物的優先選擇，即“寧可”或“與其…寧可”。

before還可表示“面對，在…眼前，在…面前”“有待于去完成”“在審理中，由…考慮”“在…壓力下”等。

conj.(連詞)

before主要引導時間狀語從句，意為“先于”“…之后才”“(不多久)就…”。當主句是將來時時，從句謂語動詞須用現在時；當主句是一般過去時或過去完成時時，從句常用過去時。before引導的時間狀語從句不能用于否定式。

before還可用于barely〔scarcely〕...before結構，意為“剛…就…”。

before還可引導讓步狀語從句，意思是“寧愿…也不…”。

before引導的從句常用省略句型。

adv.(副詞)

before用作副詞時,意思是“以前,在前面”,表示從較近的過去至較遠的過去。用作時間狀語泛指以前、不與具體時間連用時，謂語動詞可以用一般過去時,也可用現在完成時,前者只表示“過去發生過”,后者則強調“對現在有影響”。

before與具體時間連用時,一般置于其后，謂語動詞通常用過去完成時。

before也可表示空間或位置的“在前，在前面”，還可表示運動“到前面”。

prep.(介詞)

before, by

這兩個詞都可表示“在…之前”。before所表示的時間不包括其賓語所指時間在內,與之連用的動詞可以是延續性動詞,也可以是瞬間動詞; by所表示的時間包括賓語所指的時間在內,因而常譯成“不遲于…”。

conj.(連詞)

before, for

這兩個詞都可表示時間，但before可用于肯定句和否定句，表示將來的一個時間點；而for只用于否定句，表示將來的一個時間段。例如：

The sun will not rise before six o'clock.

太陽在六點鐘前不會升起。

The sun will not rise for an hour.

太陽在一個小時之內不會升起。

adv.(副詞)

before, in front of

這兩個詞(組)都可表示“在…前面”，在表示位置或“當…的面”時兩者常可替換。其區別是：

1.表示具體事物如建筑物之前時用before較正式，而用in front of更普通。

2.在表示人的名詞前和較抽象化或比喻用法時通常用before。

3.before還有引申義，例如：

A tree stands in front of the home.

房子前面有棵樹。

A tree stands before the door of the house.

房子前面有棵樹。

第二個句子使用before暗示這棵樹可“給房子遮陰”或“給人出行造成困難”等意。

conj.(連詞)鈴還沒響，同學們就走出去了。

誤

The students went out before the bell didn't ring.

正

The students went out before the bell rang.
before引導的時間狀語從句不能用于否定句。

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