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。