before
🇺🇸
/bɪˈfɔːr/
🇬🇧
/bɪˈfɔː(r)/
preposition
A1
earlier than
Check your work before you submit it.
提交前检查你的工作。
A2
more important than
Family comes before work.
家庭比工作更重要。
R
in front of
Stand before the mirror.
站在镜子前面。
R
ahead in time
A big test is before us.
我们面前有一个大考验。
R
in the presence of
Speak before the group.
在小组面前发言。
R
facing something
They ran before the storm.
他们在风暴前奔跑。
conjunction
A2
earlier than when
Call me before you leave.
在你离开之前给我打电话。
A2
until
Wait before the light turns green.
等到绿灯亮起。
A2
to prevent something
Save your file before you lose it.
在你丢失文件之前保存它。
R
rather than
I'd quit before I accept that offer.
我宁愿辞职也不接受那个提议。
adverb
R
at an earlier time
I've seen this before.
我以前见过这个。
translation
早于, 比...更重要, 在...前面, 时间上更早, 在...面前, 面对
比...更早的时候, 直到, 防止, 而不是
在更早的时间