Before

(prep.) In front of; preceding in space; ahead of; as, to stand before the fire; before the house.

(prep.) Preceding in time; earlier than; previously to; anterior to the time when; -- sometimes with the additional idea of purpose; in order that.

(prep.) An advance of; farther onward, in place or time.

(prep.) Prior or preceding in dignity, order, rank, right, or worth; rather than.

(prep.) In presence or sight of; face to face with; facing.

(prep.) Under the cognizance or jurisdiction of.

(prep.) Open for; free of access to; in the power of.

(adv.) On the fore part; in front, or in the direction of the front; -- opposed to in the rear.

(adv.) In advance.

(adv.) In time past; previously; already.

(adv.) Earlier; sooner than; until then.

校对:莎娜

• I had never before seen Mr. Bruff pay her such devoted attention, and look at her with such marked respect. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• It has been done before. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• His labors, however, were interrupt ed by the death of his assistant Flemming, and by his own illness, which proved fatal in 1846, a few months before the actual discovery of Neptune. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• It was late in the day before the whole inscription was erased. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• His mother had died, years before. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Everything that arose before his mind drifted him on, faster and faster, more and more steadily, to the terrible attraction. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• He would have taken it before now, I believe, but for Fledgeby. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Some weeks of spare time were at my disposal, before I entered on my functions by establishing myself in the suburbs of London. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• How she had to work and thrum at these duets and sonatas in the Street, before they appeared in public in the Square! 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• But, mamma, you have been in this neighbourhood before. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I never had the feeling in the house before,' said Mrs Boffin; 'and I have been about it alone at all hours of the night. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• There is no coffin in that tomb; and may it be many, many years, before another name is placed above it! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• But why should I not bear it as others have borne it before me! 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• They would not yet let me go: I must sit down and write before them. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• He showed me the silhouettes before he pasted them on white paper and handed them to the girls. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• There was something most startlingly familiar about him, exclaimed Mr. Philander, And yet, bless me, I know I never saw him before. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Every day, now, old Scriptural phrases that never possessed any significance for me before, take to themselves a meaning. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• But the queen had before contrived another project. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• Did not the Communist Manifesto appear many years before Das Kapital? 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• As I had had some previous experience with the statements of mining men, I concluded I would just send down a small plant and prospect the field before putting up a large one. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• It would be best to be away from here before I see her. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• There was a fine gentle wind, and Mr. Pickwick's hat rolled sportively before it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• He looked at her--oh, how fondly--as she came running towards him, her hands before her, ready to give them to him. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The suitor, kissing the hem of the garment again before relinquishing it, replied, Habraham Latharuth, on thuthpithion of plate. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Expressions of incredulity and surprise, which he could not repress, interrupted me several times before I had done. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Canby appeared before Mobile on the 27th of March. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Outwardly it is very like the world before the war. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• At nine o'clock in the morning we went and stood before this marble colossus. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Some time ago, before her father's death, when I thought it right to mention to her--but I'll tell you, if you will bear with me, how it was. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• In a still narrower sense the truth of the Preacher's declaration is apparent:-- In an address before the Anthropological Society of Washington in 1885, the late Prof. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.

录入:洛伦佐