before的用法在句子中怎么用(的用法看似简单)
before的用法在句子中怎么用(的用法看似简单)我走之前给你打电话。2. before 与一般现在时连用谈论将来,例如:我总是在吃饭前喂狗。I always feed the dogs before I have dinner.Before I have dinner I always feed the dogs.
just a minute ago.
❌: She was here just a minute before.
三、before 作连词
1. 作从属连词时,before 引导的从句可以放在句首或句尾,放在句首时,通常用逗号把主从句分开,例如:
我总是在吃饭前喂狗。
I always feed the dogs before I have dinner.
Before I have dinner I always feed the dogs.
2. before 与一般现在时连用谈论将来,例如:
我走之前给你打电话。
✔: I will call you before I go.
❌: I will call you before I will go.
解析:作为一个规则,时间状语从句中不能出现将来的时态。
3. before 与完成时或过去时连用,强调 before 从句中的动作没发生或可能不会发生,例如:
You can’t watch TV before you have finished your homework.
你在做完作业之前不能看电视。
解析:have finished 这个动作还没发生或可能不会发生。
He lost his temper before I had said a word.
我还没说一句话,他就发脾气了。
解析:had said 这个动作还没发生或可能不会发生。
Before I had a chance to thank him he’d gone.
我还没来得及感谢他,他就走了。
解析:had 这个动作还没发生或可能不会发生。
You’re interrupting her before she has even spoken.
她还没开口你就打断她了。
解析:has spoken 这个动作还没发生或可能不会发生。
在正式的写作中, before 引导的时间状语从句通常可以省略句子的部分成分,例如:
你不能在做完工作之前回家。
✔: You can't go home before finishing the work.
✔: Before finishing the work you can't go home.
煮牛奶之前,先加鸡蛋。
✔: Add the egg before bringing the milk to the boil.
✔: Before bringing the milk to the boil add the egg.
四、before 与其他成分
before 常与 just,immediately,shortly 或 long 等副词以及 days,weeks,months 或 years 等时间名词连用并置于 before 之前,用来强调短暂的时间,例如:
We left just before the final curtain.
我们刚好在演出结束前离开。
He reached Cambridge shortly before three o'clock.
他快到3点的时候抵达了剑桥。
It is significant that he changed his will only days before his death.
他在临终前几天修改遗嘱,这很能说明问题。
五、beforehand
有的时候 beforehand 可以代替 before,特别是所涉及的时间没那么具体,常见于非正式的口语中,例如:
Make a list of your questions beforehand.
事先列出你的问题。
I wish we'd known about it beforehand.
要是我们预先知道这事就好了。
六、before long
Before long 意为”不久,很快”,相当于 after a short time,特别出现在写作中,例如:
Before long he took over the editing of the magazine.
他不久就接手负责杂志的编辑工作。
We'll be home before long.
我们很快就要到家了。
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