名 front，first，top，ago；动 （向前进）go forward [ahead]，former ；

[例句] 《古兰经》劝告人们在朝圣前斋戒，以作为一种补赎。 The Koran recommends fasting as a penance before pilgrimages.

[例句] 被解雇的管理人员包括前销售经理、主管和会计。 The unemployed executives include former sales managers, directors and accountants.

shift to an earlier date，move up ，in advance，ahead of time，advance ；

[例句] 选举提前了6个月举行。 The election was held six months ahead of schedule.

[例句] 利息按月支付。提款须提前3个月通知银行。 Interest is paid monthly. Three months' notice is required for withdrawals.

forward，onward，ahead，along，forthcome ；

[例句] 福克斯走向前，用马来语向他表示欢迎，并把他介绍给了杰克。 Fox stepped forward, welcomed him in Malay, and presented him to Jack.

[例句] 她撑开伞，沿着河街向前走。 She opens her umbrella, and walks up River Street.

lead the way，march in front，a person who leads the way，pioneer，bellwether ；

[例句] 他们以喇叭手为前导昂首阔步走进大厅. They swept into the hall, preceded by trumpeters.

[例句] 价格估计是财务人员编制预算的直接前导. Pricing was an immediate predecessor of the financial officers preparing the budget.

advance，go forward，[穴位] Qianjin，forge ahead，go ahead；

[生理] vestibule，[建] antecourt，atria ；

[例句] 真性眩晕与末梢或中枢前庭系统障碍有关. The objective vertigo is a disorder characterized by the inter vestibular nerve.

[例句] 报告23例大前庭导水管综合征. This paper reports 23 cases of the large vestibular aqueduct syndrome.

prostate，parastata，prostate gland，prostata ；

[例句] 前列腺肿大不一定就是癌症。 An enlarged prostate does not necessarily mean cancer.

[例句] 大约有 1/3 的男性PSA在 4—10之间将会患上前列腺痛. About one - third of men with PSA between 4 and 10 will turn out to have cancer.

speed-up，outstrip，lead，leading ；

[例句] 他是个智力超前的小学生。 He was a precociously bright school boy.

[例句] 他被他右边的一辆车挡住了而无法超前. He was boxed in by a car to his right.

lip，snoot，leading edge ；

[例句] 从后缘, 叶型中心和前缘可预料得到有价值的数据. Interesting values may be expected from the trailing edge, the profile centre and the leading edge.

[例句] 卷型矿床的长度沿着弯曲的溶液前缘可达1哩以上. Roll deposits may be more than a mile in length along sinuous solution fronts.

around，about，from start to finish，from beginning to end ；

[例句] 兄弟几个总是要到正午前后才姗姗来到工作室。 The brothers usually roll into their studio around midday.

[例句] 圣诞节前后剧组中有4个人退出了。 Four of the cast jacked it in about Christmas.

foremast，spencer ；

[例句] 前桅安装在船首中心线上. Foremast shall be installed on the centerline of ship's stem.

[例句] 前桅的高度根据规范要求. The height of the foremast to be as rules.

progenitor，forerunner，precursor，pioneer，usher ；

[例句] 它的发病与黄疸型肝炎的前驱期相似. The onset of this disease may resemble the prodromal period of icteric hepatitis.

[例句] 采用硝酸铁、硝酸锌、柠檬酸制备前驱体,在不同加热温度与速率下制备锌铁氧体. The citrate sol - gel synthesis method has been used to prepare zinc ferrite.

currently，at present，for the moment，so far；

[例句] 专家们认为目前通货膨胀加剧有多种原因。 Specialists see various reasons for the recent surge in inflation.

[例句] 目前，30%的爬行动物、鸟类和鱼类面临灭绝的危险。 30 percent of reptiles, birds, and fish are currently threatened with extinction.

before，formerly，in the past，once upon a time，aforetime ；

[例句] 她无法再回到从前的生活。 There is no going back to the life she had.

[例句] 作为一种投资，房产不再是从前意义上的房产。 As an investment, bricks and mortar are not what they were.

forearm，cubitus，antebrachium ；

[例句] 他双袖上卷, 前臂显出隆起的肌肉. His forearms, where the sleeves were rolled back, showed bulging muscles.

[例句] 他前臂上刺有花纹. He had a tattoo on his forearm.

vanguard，[体] forward，playmaker，tackle ；

[例句] 前锋艾伦·史密斯两次严重失误，将球射偏。 Striker Alan Smith was guilty of two glaring misses.

[例句] 那个前锋找不到进球的感觉。 The striker was unable to find his scoring touch.

before one，facing one，present，current，currently ；

[例句] 他们说，当前的征兵体系应当逐步废除。 They said the present system of military conscription should be phased out.

[例句] 这也许会火上浇油，破坏当前脆弱不稳的休战局面。 This may help to undermine the brittle truce that currently exists.

before，formerly，prior to，previously，ago ；

[例句] 道格拉斯29岁，是个技术不错的拳击手，在以前的比赛中发挥不太稳定。 Douglas was a 29-year-old journeyman fighter, erratic in his previous fights.

[例句] 定量供应很久以前就结束了饼干过剩的状况。 Rationing had put an end to a surfeit of biscuits long ago.

precursor，forebody ；

[例句] 研究人员还表示,在佩特里培养皿中的脑细胞前体可以发育成神经元. The researchers also showed that the progenitors mature into neurons in Petri dishes.

[例句] 植树细胞中丙氨酸和亮氨酸 、 缬氨酸的主要前体是丙酮酸. In plant cells the principal precursor of alanine , as well as leucine and valine, is pyruvate.

[摄] foreground，prospect，vista，perspective ；

[例句] 大型海外基金的投资前景非常好。 Large overseas-based trusts are an excellent each way bet.

[例句] 综合性的社区具有比以前更加光明的前景。 There are much brighter prospects for a comprehensive settlement than before.