| 单词 | before |
| 例句 | before preposition 1.•he dressed up before going out:prior to, previous to, earlier than, preparatory to, in preparation for, preliminary to, in anticipation of, in expectation of | in advance of, ahead of, leading up to, on the eve of | rare anterior to. ANT after. 2.•he appeared before the judge:in front of, in the presence of, in the sight of. 3.•death before dishonor:in preference to, rather than, sooner than.▶adverb •she has ridden before:previously, before now/then, until now/then, up to now/then | earlier, formerly, hitherto, in the past, in days gone by | formal heretofore.WORD LINKS forming words meaning ‘before in time, place, order, etc.,’ such as prearranged (‘arranged in advance’) and antenatal (‘before birth’)Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms. |
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