高三课本第十五单元,INTER GATING SKILLS 和 WORKBOOK READING部分有如下的句子:
⒈The shop was successful,but it was about sixty years before people started to buy jeans for fashion as well as for work.
⒉However,it probably will not be long before the other mountainous areas of China such as Sichuan,Xinjiang and Yunnan are developed,and as more facilities become available,prices will almost certainly fall.
其中涉及到before的用法,下面就其用法进行总结。
一、可以用作介词
⒈)指时间上早于,在之前,如:
She has lived here since before the war.
她从战前就一直在这儿住。
⒉)指位置在前面,如:
We knelt down before Grandmas grave.
我们在奶奶的墓前跪下。
⒊)指顺序或排列在之前,如:
Your name comes before mine on the list.
名单上你的名字在我之前。
⒋)在某人面前,如:
She said it before the witness.
他是当着证人的面说的。
二、作为连词
其基本含义是在之前,又可以根据不同语境灵活翻译成才、还没来得及就、趁、就等。具体用法如下:
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