come before

英 [kʌm bɪˈfɔː(r)]

美 [kʌm bɪˈfɔːr]

在…之上，比…重要; 交付…讨论

英英释义

verb

• be the predecessor of
  1. Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands
  Synonym:precede

双语例句

• If you don't come before this, I'm afraid we'll have to cancel the reservation.
  如果佻到时候不来，恐怕我们只好取消预订。
• I come to Berlin as so many of my countrymen have come before.
  我来柏林之前，我的很多同胞已来过此地。
• The answer would come before sundown.
  日落前就可以见分晓了。
• The light begun to come before we got to the foot of the island.
  我们到岛尾以前，天开始亮了起来。
• We come before you in solidarity.
  我们团结一致地来到大家面前。
• Consideration of the workers'health must come before my own professional pride.
  工人的健康比我自己的业务成就更重要。
• Who dares come before me?
  谁这么大胆到我这里来了？
• In his mind, his work should come before his family.
  在他看来，工作应该在前，家庭在后。
• This report takes a different tack from the 20 that have come before.
  这份报告和此前的20份报告采取的思路不同。
• I predict this will come before the end of2012.
  我预计这个结果将在2012年底实现。