之前用英语怎么说？

之前

• [zhī qián]
  before，prior to，ago，forestall，pre-

例句

• You must always think a problem through before acting. 在采取行动之前你必须把问题仔细考虑一下。
• There's not much point in a meeting until he has something definite to put on the table. 直到他有些明确的想法提出之前, 会议都没有什么意义。
• While all our plans were still in the blueprint stage, our competitors got the jump on us by announcing their new model. 我们的全部设计还在蓝图阶段, 我们的对手已抢在我们之前预告了他们的新式样了。
• Always insist upon seeing your room before booking in. 在住进旅馆之前一定要坚持先看一下你的房间。
• She had to get out of this place before she regressed to infancy. 她必须趁还没有退化到幼儿状态之前赶紧离开这个地方。
• We're working at full blast to complete the order before the holidays. 我们正全力以赴, 力求在假期到来之前把订单的任务完成。
• He got away just before the enemy came. 就在敌人到来之前他跑掉了。
• I think if I get half of the assignment done by tomorrow, I am ahead of the game. 我想如果在明天之前我能获得一半的签名, 我将处于有利的地位。
• They were skating on very thin ice, publishing the election result before it had been confirmed. 他们抢在选举结果确认之前将其发布，真是冒险之举。
• They were sweethearts for ten years before they married. 他们结婚之前恋爱了十年。

英汉词典释义

• [zhī qián]
  before; prior to; ago
  five years ago
  5年之前
  prior to her departure
  在她动身之前
  before the meeting
  开会之前
  prior to departure; before departure
  临走之前
  two weeks ago
  两周之前

汉语词典释义

• 词语 之前
  拼音 zhī qián
  拼写 zhiqian
  解释 表示在某个时间或处所的前面。一般多指时间。 清 任泰学
  例句 杨老太爷 原名叫 杨大用 。在抗日战争之前，他家是个中农户。
  释义

  表示在某个时间或处所的前面。一般多指时间。 清 任泰学