之前

[zhī qián]

之前的英文翻译

基本释义

• before
• prior to
• ago
• pre-

参考释义

之前 [zhī qián]

• - before; prior to; ago:

  five years ago; 5年之前

  prior to her departure; 在她动身之前

之前的用法和样例：

例句

1. 他进去见她之前，用水将头发梳理得很光亮。
   He sleeked back his hair with water before going in to meet her.
2. 出门之前把窗户关严。
   Make the windows secure before leaving the house.
3. 牧师在船离港之前为其祝福。
   The priest blessed the ship before it left port.
4. 走之前，他向我说了几句安慰的话。
   He spoke a few words of comfort to me before leaving.
5. 飞机在着陆之前在机场上空盘旋。
   The plane circled the airport before landing.
6. 我出门之前，把煤气的总阀关掉了。
   I turned the gas off at the mains before I went out.
7. 烧鱼之前先去掉鱼鳞。
   Scale the fish before cooking them.
8. 去伦敦之前，我必须好好温习一下英文。
   I must brush up my English before I go to London.

短语

• 先头
• 前头
• 头里
• 事先
• 有言在先
• 前面
• 事前
• 前