ere

英 [eə(r)]

美 [er]

conj./prep.  在…之前

复数：eres　

BNC.21799 / COCA.29299

牛津词典

conj.

prep.

• 在…之前
  before
  1. Ere long (= soon) they returned.
     他们不久就回来了。

柯林斯词典

• CONJ-SUBORD 同be-fore
  Eremeans the same as 'before'.
  1. It was not long ere a call came from the house and recalled me from my reflections...
     不久，家里打来了电话，把我从沉思中唤醒。
  2. Take the water ere the clock strikes twelve.
     在12点前取水。

双语例句

• We have ere this met Being and Existence as forms of the immediate.
  前面，存在和实存曾作为直接事物的两个形式而出现。
• Both our children hurt themselves while they ere playing outside.
  我们两个孩子在外面玩的时候都弄伤了自己。
• Scarcely had a few seconds elapsed, ere he saw everything as distinctly as by daylight.
  在几秒钟以后，他对一切都看得象在白天看时一样的清晰。
• I shall be back ere nightfall.
  我要在日暮之前返回。
• O that a man might know the end of this day's business ere it come!
  啊！人或知一天的事在一会儿前已结束。
• I am therefore by no means discouraged by what you have just said, and shall hope to lead you to the altar ere long.
  这样看来，你刚才所说的话决不会叫我灰心，我希望不久就能领你到神坛跟前去呢。
• Ere you were born, was beauty's summer dead.
  在你出世前，美的夏天已仙逝。
• Birthday boy: Romeo and his brothers Brooklyn and Cruz ere ready for fun.
  我是今天的寿星：罗密欧和哥哥布鲁克林以及科鲁兹早已“卯足了劲”准备开心地玩一回了。
• Ere long I perceived a group of the servants passing up the road towards the kitchen wing.
  不久我看见一群仆人走过大路，向厨房那边走去。
• Make me, oh God, the prey of the lion, ere You make the rabbit my prey.
  上帝！让我喂了饿狮，不然就赏我兔子肉！