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1 She got to the park before the set time.

她在约定的时间之前到了公园。

2 Before giving evidence you have to swear an oath.

在作证之前你得先发誓。

3 Previous to that, we had traveled by car to Paris.

在那之前, 我们坐车去了巴黎.

4 Previous to coming here, I worked in London.

来此之前, 我在伦敦工作.

5 I had collected material previous to writing.

我在写作以前先搜集了材料.

6 I have, previous to this meeting, consulted with a number of our leading men.

我在这次会议之前, 就同我们的一些领导人物磋商过.

7 He said that they had paid him a visit two days previous to Easter.

他说他们在复活节前两天访问过他了.

8 We should make full investigations previous to reaching a conclusion.

我们应该先充分调查再下结论.

9 Previous to the conference we had discussed the matter among ourselves.

在会议之前,我们讨论了这个问题.

10 You must collect enough material previous to your writing.

你在写作之前必须收集好足够的材料.

11 Previous to always think straight side will fall back side is.

以前想总认为一边往前走,一边回头是会摔倒的.

12 Jen had left three days previous to the call.

珍在这个电话到来之前已离开三天了.

13 Previous to leaving for France, he studied a lot about the country.

在启程去法国之前, 他对该国作了相当多的研究.

14 It happened previous to his arrival there.

事件发生于他到那儿以前.

15 He was not rich previous to his marriage.

结婚前他并不富有.

16 He had prepared himself well by reading the firm andproducts previous to the interview.

在会见前,他阅读了有关商行的资料,以便做好充分准备.

17 Message reflection is backward compatible with code written for versions of MFC previous to 4.0.

消息消息机制向后与MFC4.0版本前的代码相兼容.

1 在…之前

before until ere precede antecede preparatory to front of prior to in advance of

2 在某事之前

prior to

3 在…以前

prior to till ere or before

4 先于

before above precede antedate forerun preliminary to ahead of prior to