before
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/bɪˈfɔːr/
🇬🇧
/bɪˈfɔː(r)/
preposition
A1
earlier than
Check your work before you submit it.
提交前檢查你的工作。
A2
more important than
Family comes before work.
家庭比工作更重要。
R
in front of
Stand before the mirror.
站在鏡子前面。
R
ahead in time
A big test is before us.
我們面前有一個大考驗。
R
in the presence of
Speak before the group.
在小組面前發言。
R
facing something
They ran before the storm.
他們在風暴前奔跑。
conjunction
A2
earlier than when
Call me before you leave.
在你離開之前給我打電話。
A2
until
Wait before the light turns green.
等到綠燈亮起。
A2
to prevent something
Save your file before you lose it.
在你丟失文件之前保存它。
R
rather than
I'd quit before I accept that offer.
我寧願辭職也不接受那個提議。
adverb
R
at an earlier time
I've seen this before.
我以前見過這個。
translation
早於, 比...更重要, 在...前面, 時間上更早, 在...面前, 面對
比...更早的時候, 直到, 防止, 而不是
在更早的時間