之前

基本信息

【詞語】：之前

【注音】：zhī qián

【近義詞】：以前，曾經

1.Until this point he had not dare to fire the guy.

在此之前，他還是不敢把這個人解僱的。

2.Mother and daughter finally achieved a closeness they competed for his attention.

母親和女兒最後建立了親密的關係。在此之前，她們互相爭奪他的寵愛，她們從未建立過親密的關係。

3.They'd been notified I'd been peddling drugs.

他們在此之前得到過報告說我販賣毒品。

4. If someone doesn't buy it before then。

如果在此之前沒有人買走的話。

5.the small boat rescues had retrived nearly forty people from the key before.

在此之前，一些小救生船從島上救出了大約四十人。

6. What until then had been a hypothesis, became an article of faith.

在此之前還只是一種假設的東西，變成了一種信條。

7. Up to that point, an Army officer had always been detailed to the White House to handle the White House budget。

在此之前，總是派一名軍官到白宮處理財務。

8.Before that, he had run his own production company。

在此之前，他自己經營一家製作公司。

9. A room has been booked from September onwards. In the interim meetings will be held at my house.

已經預訂一間九月份起使用的房間。在此之前,會議在我家舉行。