before
音標發(fā)音
- 英式音標 [b??f?:(r)]
- 美式音標 [b??f?r,-?for]
- 國際音標 [bi'f?:]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- prep. 在……之前,先于;在……面前;面對(法院、法庭或其他官方機關)并受審;(寧愿……)不愿
- conj. 在……以前;到……為止;以免,不然;(寧可……而)不愿
- adv. 以前,過去,已經
用法辨析
- 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(shù)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(tài)或靜態(tài)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(yōu)于”“重于”。再引申則可用于表示對某事物的優(yōu)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。
- 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(xiàn)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。
- 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(xiàn)在完成時,前者只表示“過去發(fā)生過”,后者則強調“對現(xiàn)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。
prep. (介詞)
conj. (連詞)
adv. (副詞)
英漢例句
- The man standing before the blackboard is our English teacher.
站在黑板前面的那個人是我們的英語老師。 - Be a pupil before you become a teacher.
先做學生,再做老師。 - We saw that film before.
那部電影我們以前看過。
用作介詞 (prep.)
用作連詞 (conj.)
用作副詞 (adv.)
詞組短語
- appear before 在(某時)之前出現(xiàn);出庭
- carry before 迅速獲勝,勢如破竹
- come before 在…之上,比…重要;被交由…處理;被提交…考慮
- complain before 控訴
- go before 居先;走在前面
用作介詞 (prep.)
動詞+~
英英字典
- at or during a time earlier than (the thing mentioned)
- in front of
- If something happens before a particular date, time, or event, it happens earlier than that date, time, or event.
- Before is also a conjunction.
- If you do one thing before doing something else, you do it earlier than the other thing.
- Before is also a conjunction.
- 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 is also a preposition.
- Before is also a conjunction.
- If you do something before someone else can do something, you do it when they have not yet done it.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- If someone is before something, they are in front of it.
- If you tell someone that one place is a certain distance before another, you mean that they will come to the first place first.
- If you appear or come before an official person or group, you go there and answer questions.
- If something happens before a particular person or group, it is seen by or happens while this person or this group is present.
- If you have something such as a trip, a task, or a stage of your life before you, you must do it or live through it in the future.
- 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.
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