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出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 辽宁人民出版社《英汉辞典》第112页（1485字）

【释义】：

prep．①(时间)在…以前：before dark天黑以前．the day before yesterday前天．the year before last前年．I woke up before five o’clock．我五点以前就醒了．The meeting was over before his arrival．会在他来之前已经开完．The average per-mu yield of Tachai in 1967 was over 9 times as much as that before liberation．一九六七年大寨平均亩产量是解放前的九倍多．I hope to see you again before long．我希望不久再见到你．②(位置、空间等)在…前，在…面前：He sat before the fire．他坐在炉火前．The revolutionary people have seen the bright future open before them．革命人民已经看见了展现在面前的光明未来．The problem came before the committee．问题提到委员会上来了．sail before the mast当普通水手．sail before the wind顺风航行．carry all before you无往不胜，诸事如意．③(位次)先于，高于：put the collective interests before one’s own personal interests把集体利益放在个人利益之上．Generally speaking，the Engllish verb comes before the object．一般地说，英语动词在宾语之前．Pride goes before a fall．骄者必败．④(选择)与其…宁愿：Death before dishonour．宁死不辱．

－conj．①在…以前：I did not know any English before I came here．我来这里以前，根本不懂英语．It will be five years before we meet again．五年以后我们才能见面．I must finish my work before I go home．我回家以前必须把工作做完．②与其…宁可：The soldier said he would die before he surrendered．战士说他宁死不屈．

－ad．①以前，从前：the day before(过去某天的)前一天．far before in 1921早在1921年．I have seen that film before．我以前看过那部影片．You should have told me so before．你早就应该告诉我．Never before have the masses of the people been so inspired，so militant and so daring as at present．人民群众从来也没有象现在这样精神振奋，斗志昂扬，意气风发．②(位置)在前面，在前头：a few pages before 前几页．go before 走在前面．