汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 在这之前
在这之前 (在這之前)
before then / up until that point
zài () zhè/zhèi zhī qián
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

在这灾难发生之前,我们规劝你们速速撤兵。

We advise you to retreat before you are dealt a disaster.

在这之前,人们从没有见过或记载过黑猩猩食肉。

Chimpanzees had never before been seen or recorded as eating meat.

在这之前,基辛格在七月和十月两度在这里下榻。

Henry Kissinger had slept there before, in July and again in October.

在这之前,正如我前面所说,保险实际上和证券是一回事。

Before that, as I said before, insurance is really the same thing as securities.

法国和英国签订的友好协议在这之前已有大幅补充。

The French entente with Great Britain had already been significantly extended.

在这之前,科学家还不能确定这些颗粒造成的净效应。

Until now, scientists were unsure of the net effect of these particles.

他计划在巴黎终老,但在这之前还有太多未了之事。

He plans to die in Paris but there is so much to do first.

在这之前还要打开台灯,然后戴上老花镜,您是这个意思吗?

Presumably, said Mr Roberts, you must first turn on the lamp and pick up your reading glasses?

但是在这之前,我想要对上堂课结束之前,我们考虑的那些论证,进行最后的点评。

But before we do, I wanna make a last couple of comments about the argument we were considering at the end of last class.

八十七年之前,我们的祖先在这大陆上建立了一个国家。

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation.