before和after怎么区分_如何区分before和after~有时候觉得两者可以通用

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如何区分before和after~有时候觉得两者可以通用

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before：1、主句动作发生之前，从句动作发生在后

Turn off the light before you leave the room

2、“.....之后(才)”主句动作在从句之前完成，故主句常用过去完成时

The mother had waited for half an hour before her son came back。

我现在需要类似以上的答案是关于after

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英语

2014-11-30

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after

prep.(介词)

Behind in place or order:

在之后：在地方或顺序之后：

Z comes after Y.

Z在Y之后

Next to or lower than in order or importance.

次于：在顺序或重要性上次于或低于

In quest or pursuit of:

探求,追求：

seek after fame; go after big money.

追逐名誉；追求钱财

Concerning:

有关,关于：

asked after you.

询问关于你的情况

Subsequent in time to; at a later time than:

在…以后：时间上在…之后；比…晚一点：

come after dinner.

晚饭之后来

Subsequent to and because of or regardless of:

随后因为,随后不管：

They are still friends after all their differences.

尽管有许多相异,他们依旧是朋友

Following continually:

一个接一个：持续不断地紧接着：

year after year.

年复一年

In the style of or in imitation of:

依照,仿照：以…的风格或模仿…：

satires after Horace.

模仿贺拉斯的讽刺作品

With the same or close to the same name as; in honor or commemoration of:

纪念,以…命名：与…名字有相同或相近的名字；为纪念…：

named after her mother.

以他母亲的名字命名

According to the nature or desires of; in conformity to:

与…一致：根据…的本质或愿望；与…一致：

a tenor after my own heart.

深得我心的内容

Past the hour of:

…点以后：

five minutes after three.

三点过五分

adv.(副词)

Behind; in the rear.

在后；在后面

At a later or subsequent time; afterward:

接着,以后：在后来或接下来的时间；以后：

three hours after; departed shortly after.

三小时以后；不久就离开了

adj.(形容词)

Subsequent in time or place; later; following:

以后的,接着的：在时间和地点上继后的；以后的；接下来的：

in after years.

在以后的岁月里

Nautical Nearer the stern of a vessel.

【航海】 靠近船后部的

conj.(连接词)

Following or subsequent to the time that:

在…之后：紧接或继…之后：

I saw them after I arrived.

在我抵达之后,我见到了他们

n.(名词)

Afternoon.

下午,午后

before

adv.(副词)

Earlier in time:

在此之前：早些时候：

They called me the day before.

前一天他们给我打了电话

In front; ahead.

在…前面；在前头

prep.Abbr.bef.(介词)缩写 bef.

Previous to in time; earlier than.

…之前：在…时间之前；早于…

In front of.

在…前面

In store for; awaiting:

即将发生的；等待着的：

A young person's whole life lies before him.

年轻人的生命展现在他前面

Into or in the presence of:

进入,在…面前：

She asked that the visitor be brought before her.

她要求把访问者带到她的面前来

Under the consideration or jurisdiction of:

在考虑中,在审理中：

The case is now before the court.

这个案子现在已交庭审理

In a position superior to:

地位高于：

The prince is before his brother in the line of succession.

在王位继承权上,这个王子优于他兄弟

conj.(连接词)

In advance of the time when:

在…时间之前：

See me before you leave.

在你离开之前来见我

Rather than; sooner than:

宁可…也不愿；与其…宁可：

I will die before I will betray my country.

我宁可死也不会背叛我的国家

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