在这以前 meaning in English
before this
Examples
- Till now he had worshiped watts and burne-jones .
在这以前,他崇拜的是瓦兹和伯恩-琼斯。 - Till then, i had stuck to my resolution to eat nothing that had had life .
在这以前,我一直坚持不食荤腥。 - She had never surrendered herself before to such a display of emotion .
在这以前她可从来没有听任自己这样表露过感情。 - The hunger i had known before this had been no grim, hostile stranger .
在这以前,我所认得的饥饿,并不是什么绷着脸与我作对的生人。 - Heretofore all the campus gossip had seemed merely malicious and disrespectful .
在这以前,学校里的一切流言蜚语似乎纯粹是恶意的、无礼的。