come before

英 [kʌm bɪˈfɔː(r)]

美 [kʌm bɪˈfɔːr]

在…之上，比…重要; 交付…讨论

英英释义

verb

• be the predecessor of
  1. Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands
  Synonym:precede

双语例句

• This is one of the important problems that must come before the plenary meeting.
  这是需要提交全会讨论的重要问题之一。
• Consideration of the workers'health must come before my own professional pride.
  工人的健康比我自己的业务成就更重要。
• The light begun to come before we got to the foot of the island.
  我们到岛尾以前，天开始亮了起来。
• Have you all come before too?
  你们都来过这儿么？
• To come before that would have been murder.
  来早了就会被杀掉。
• It looks as if a funeral will come before the week is over.
  看来好像到不了这周结束葬礼就要来临了。
• We come before you in solidarity.
  我们团结一致地来到大家面前。
• If you don't come before this, I'm afraid we'll have to cancel the reservation.
  如果佻到时候不来，恐怕我们只好取消预订。
• Who dares come before me?
  谁这么大胆到我这里来了？
• I predict this will come before the end of2012.
  我预计这个结果将在2012年底实现。