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Before的详细用法总结

  ★注意:hardly,scarcely,barely位于句首时,主句要用部分倒装。

  例如:Hardly had a moment passedbefore the door creaked open.

  还没过一会儿,门就“咯吱”一声开了。

  ★注意:hardly/scarcely/barely...when 有时可与not...before换用。

  They had hardly talked for half an hourwhen she entered.

  = They had not talked for half an hour before she entered.

  他们才谈了不到半个小时,她就进来了。

  八、Before的一些特殊翻译法。

  1.翻译为“否则,以免 ”。

  Do it now before you forget .

  I will write it down before I forget it .

  2.翻译为“宁愿…也不… ”,常与will/would 连用。

  I would die before I would tell the truth.

  I’d shoot myself before I apologized to him.

  I would / will die before I surrender .

FAITH英语天天学 “ago”和”before”的用法

  今天专攻表示以前的两个词的用法:ago和before

  首先,来学习ago的用法:ago表示某时间以前,在其前面放上一个时间词组,如:3 years ago(3年以前), 2 days ago(两天以前), one year and a half ago(一年半以前), 4 months ago(4个月以前):用到ago这个词时,句子一般用过去式:

  I came to Guangzhou and settled down 6 years ago.

  我六年前来到广州并定居下来。

  Jenny didn’t know how to ride a bike 5 months ago.

  珍丽5个月前还不会骑自行车。

  We met each other on the internet 3 weeks ago.

  我们是3个星期前在网上认识的。

  My roommate borrowed 200 dollars from me days ago.

  我的室友几天前从我这儿借了200块钱。

  I started to pick up my career months ago.

  我是在数月年重拾了自己的事业。

  下面,我们来学学before的用法,首先,我们可以在before后面放上一个名词,或名词性词组:

  I’ll try to finish my report before dinner.

  我要在晚饭前完成这个报告。

  I’ll pick you up at the entrance before 6:30.

  我6点半以前到入口处接你。

  同时,我们也可以在before后放一个句子,表示在做某事之前,一般也会用过去式,或一般时:

  Before I came to Guangzhou, I was in Beijing as an English interpreter.

  我来广州之前,在北京做英语口译。

  Before we got married, we were living in completely different countries.

  我们结婚以前,住在完全不同的两个国家。

  Before everything goes well, we need to work out a plan.

  在一切顺利之前,我们需要做出一个计划出来。

  另外,before还可以直接单独使用,表示“从前”,“以前”:

  I never thought about it before.

  我以前从来没想过这事。

介词before和behind的用法及例句

  1.before的用法和例句:

  1)在……前面:

  We have a good day’s work before us.

  我们还有一整天的工作要做。

  He wanted to show off before her.

  他想在她面前卖弄一下。

  Pride comes before a fall.

  骄傲就会摔交。(谚)

  2)在……之前:

  The darkest hour is before the dawn.

  最黑暗的时刻过了就是黎明。(谚)

  Before starting the work,they had a good discussion.

  工作开始之前他们好好讨论了一次。

  That happens in 400 B.C.(before Christ).

  这足公元前400年发生的。

  3)用于某些成语:

  Before long,their work began to show results.

  不久他们的工作见成效了。

  We got there before time.

  我们提前到达那里。

  They arrived the day before yesterday.

  他们是前天到的。

  2.behind用法和例句:

  1)在……后面:

  She stands behind the counter all day.

  她整天站(在)柜台(后面)。

  The garage is behind the house.

  车库在房子后面。

  There is an orchard behind the schoo1.

  学校后面有一座果园。

  2)比……晚:

  The train is behind time.

  火车晚点了。

  You are an hour behind your appointed time.

  你比约定的时间晚了一个钟头。