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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 Grandma‘s 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:

⒈)与情态动词can/could连用

这时候从句虽为肯定形式,根据汉语表达习惯译成“还没来得及就”,如:

Before I could get in a word,he had measured me.

我还没来得及插话他就为我量好了尺寸.

Before she could move,she heard a loud noise,which grew to a terribl eroar.

她还没来得及迈步,就听见一声巨响,接着就是可怕的隆隆轰鸣.

⒉)用于肯定句中强调主句所表达的时间,距离长,或花费的精力大,译成“才”

We had sailed four days and four nights before we saw lands.

我们航行了四天四夜才看到陆地.

We waited a long time before the train arrived.

我们等了很长时间火车才到.

⒊)用于否定句中,强调主句所表达的时间,距离短,或花费的精力小,译成“不到……就”如:

We hadn‘t run a mile before he felt tired.

我们跑了还不到一英里他就累了.

⒋)主句含有hardly,scarcely等半否定副词时可以译为“刚……就”

这时候主句应用过去完成时态,从句用过去时,还可以用when替代before如:

We had scarcely reached the school before/when the bell rang.

我们刚到学校铃声就响了.

⒌)有时还有“宁愿”的意思

I‘d shoot myself before I apologized to him.我宁死也不向他道歉.

⒍)用于It+be/take+时间段+before句型

在这一句型中又可以根据主从句的时态分成两种情况.

若主句是一般时将来时态,从句是一般现在时.若主句是肯定句意思是“要过多长时间才”;若主句是否定形式翻译成“用不了多久就”.

It will be two weeks before everything returns to normal.

两周之后一切才能恢复正常.

It will be many years before the situation improves.

这种状况或许要过许多年才能得以改善.

It won‘t be long before we meet again.用不了多久我们就会再见面的.

这时若主句是一般过去时从句也是一般过去时.若主句是肯定句翻译成“多长时间之后才”,若主句是否定形式翻译成“没过多久就”.如:

It was some time before I realized the truth.

过了很长一段时间我才了解到真相.

It wasn‘t long before she became a brave solider.

没过多久她就成了一名勇敢的战士.

After that it still took seven years before they got married.

他们又过了七年才结婚.

注意:当主句的谓语动词为延续性动词时,before与until有时可以互换.It was an hour before/until the police arrived.

望采纳,谢谢。我是英语专业的,以后有问题可以问我!

before与since的区别 扩展

since是自从的意思

before是在~~之前

一段时间 +since

表示从这个时间开始到现在---自从~~~以来

用法上It + ( 现在完成时 ) + 一段时间+ since + ( 一般过去时 )

例句:

1. It is / has been four days since I caught a cold. 我感冒已四天了.

2. It is / has been two weeks since we met last. 自从我们上次见面以来已过了两周.

一段时间 + before

表示在这个时间之前,或者大约在这个时间上就会发生某事

用法上It + ( 一般将来时 ) + 一段时间+ before +( 一般现在时 )

例句:

It will be five years before he meets you again.

五年之后他就会再见你的.

It + be (not) + long before

表示"(不)很久 / 才…"或"(没)过多久就 / …"

It was (not) long before …. (谈论过去)

It will (not) be long before ….(谈论将来)

It was long before she came back.

没过多久她就回来了.

It will be long before we meet again.

很久以后我们才会再见面.

It will not be long before we turn our hope into reality.

过不了多久我们的希望就会变成现实.

这里it指时间,before是连词,引导时间状语从句.long可用一段时间来替代.

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before与since的区别