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以前在那里有一个邮局。 There used to be a post office there.
法官否决了以前的判决。 The judge overruled the previous decision.
少女以前要上仪态课。 Young ladies used to have lessons in deportment.
他问马车夫以前是否去过那里。 He asked the carter if he had been there before.
这本书是他以前写的剧本的扩充。 This book is an expansion of the play he wrote before.
他体重减了很多, 比以前轻了三公斤. He's lost a lot of weight: he's three kilos lighter than he used to be.
这条路线旅行的人以前常走，但是现在已不用了。 The route was once much travelled but has fallen into disuse.
这个勤奋的学生每天天亮以前就起床了。 The diligent student gets up before dawn every day.
他们支持日本接管德国以前在山东省的所有权益。 They supported Japan's take over of all the former German interests in Shandong Province.
那是我以前最喜欢的饭馆，但近来烹饪水平已大不如前了。 It used to be my favourite restaurant but the standard of cooking has fallen off recently.
我以前从未听到过这个词语，是最近新造的吗？ I hadn't heard that expression before ; is it a recent coinage?
他承认以前从未见过她。 He confessed that he had never seen her before.
铃响以前任何人均不得离开教室。 No one may leave the classroom until the bell go.
目前的危机比以前发生过的都严重。 The present crisis is more than any that have gone before.
看到他仍然像以前一样健康，真叫人安心。 It is a great relief to see him still as strong as he was.
她酷似以前我认识的一个女孩。 She's a dead ringer for a girl I used to know.
他搜集以前的作品，编成了所谓的五经。 He gathered earlier writings to prepare what are called the Five Classics.
这种雄鸟在与雌鸟交尾以前要跳一种交欢舞. The male bird performs a sort of mating dance before copulating with the female.
你能回忆起多久以前的事情？ How far does your memory go back?
他把晚年用在教书和编纂以前的著作。 He spent his last years (in) teaching and editing earlier writings.
这些火车头在1940年以前一直在大西部铁路线上运行. These locomotives ran on Great Western Railway metals until 1940.
他以前从未做过这种工作, 我不知道他是否能（与其他雇员）配合好. He's never done this type of work before; I'm not sure how he'll fit in (with the other employees).
尽管我以前从未为银行工作过，但我觉得在银行工作非常舒适自在，因为我曾为一位会计师工作过，而且我习惯于同数字打交道。 Although I've never worked for a bank before, I feel quite at home there because I used to work for an accountant and I'm used to dealing with figures.
他隐隐约约地觉得以前曾经见过她. At the back of his mind was the vague idea that he had met her before.
以前的许多殖民地现已成为独立的国家. The former colonial possessions are now independent states.
那项政策的失败使他们又回到若干时间以前提出的一项方案。 The failure of that policy threw them back on a scheme which had been put forward some time previously.
早期艺术家某一艺术思潮发展初期阶段的艺术家，尤指文艺复兴以前的艺术家 One belonging to an early stage in the development of an artistic trend, especially a painter of the pre-Renaissance period.
数日之内我们将有三笔大额进款，所以我们最迟于下星期一以前定给贵方汇款。 As we expect to receive three large sum within the next few day, we will send you some money by monday at the latest.
在混凝土凝固以前, 一定要把柱子竖直了. Make sure the post is true before the concrete sets.
角帖书一种早期初级读物，即为一张盖有透明角片作为保护的书页，以前供儿童认字用 An early primer consisting of a single page protected by a transparent sheet of horn, formerly used in teaching children to read.
该公司以前隶属於一个国际银行集团. The company formerly belonged to an international banking group.
神经衰弱一种神经系统紊乱，表现为长期疲劳乏力、失去记忆，带中度疼痛。以前被认为是由于神经系统衰竭引起的 A neurotic disorder characterized by chronic fatigue and weakness, loss of memory, and generalized aches and pains. It was formerly thought to result from exhaustion of the nervous system.
她觉得以前见过他. She had the impression that she had seen him before.
一年以前，他参军了。 He joined the army a year ago.
虽然我非常希望增加体重，但我仍然像以前一样的瘦。 Much as I hope I may gain weight, (yet) I am still as thin as before.
假如他们在十年或十五年以前来到这我儿的话，他们就可以在许多生意上获得与创办人同等的利益了。 If they have come along here ten or fifteen years ago they might have been let in on the ground floor of a lot of things.
为了预防回来以前天就黑了，所以他带着手电筒。 He took a flashlight lest it should get dark before he returned.
在举行葬礼以前尸体被放在棺材里。 The body was placed in bier before burial.
解毒剂一种药物复合剂，以前用于解毒 A medicinal compound formerly used as an antidote for poison.
有的祸事, 像她的汽车被盗之类, 以前从未发生过. Such a disaster as her car being stolen had never happened before.
以前用以保护上前去围攻的士兵的活动的屏面或盾牌 A mobile screen or shield formerly used to protect besieging soldiers.
他批评以前的同事, 并非出於气愤而是为他惋惜. It was more in sorrow than in anger that he criticized his former colleague.
不管你的食物是蔬菜还是肉，在咽下以前咀嚼，是最重要的。 It is most important to chew your food, whether vegetable or meat, before you swallow it down.
其他共和国现在公开抱怨新俄罗斯帝国主义，同时以前的那些头儿们也假惺惺地为违反“人权”一掬同情之泪。 Leaders of other republics mutter openly now about a new Russian imperialism, while former chieftains shed crocodile tears over the violation of"human rights."