从前英语四个单词

beforepreviouslyformerlyin the past都是 从前 之意

从前的英语单词是before。

before

英 [bɪ'fɔː]  美 [bɪ'fɔr]

prep. 在……之前，先于；在……面前；面对（法院、法庭或其他官方机关）并受审；（宁愿……）不愿

conj. 在……以前；到……为止；以免，不然；（宁可……而）不愿

adv. 以前，过去，已经

短语

before and after 前后，之前之后

than before 比以前

as before 如以前

before long 不久以后

ever before 以前；从前

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同近义词

1、avant

英 [ə'vɒnt]  美 [ə'vɑnt]

adj. 激进的；先锋派的

prep. 在…之前

短语

avant corps 房屋皱凸出的一部分

Avant Bowse 多窗口浏览器

Avant-garde fiction 先锋小说

2、ago

英 [ə'gəʊ]  美 [ə'ɡo]

adv. 以前，以往

adj. 以前的；过去的

短语

Ago Bay 英虞湾 ; 坐落于英虞湾

months ago 几个月前 ; 个月前 ; 前个月

sometime ago 那时候

从前: 1. previously2. formerly

once upon a timebeforetimeformerlyin the past

曾经,可以有多种翻译,看上下文 once 一次,曾经,曾,一度,尝 already 已经,已,就,既,曾经,曾 before 前,以前,面前,以往,从前,曾经 at some time in the past 曾,曾经 不过,这件事曾经从未想过,这里的“曾经”是多余的,可以改成,这件事不曾被考虑过. 翻译成英文也不需要： This has never been thought about. This has never been considered.

从前: 1. previously2. formerly3. in former timesRelative explainations: Examples:1. 从前人们在手术前用乙醚来使病人昏睡。 Ether was used formerly to put a patient to sleep before an operation.2. 从前, 有一位非常美丽的公主。 Once upon a time, there lived a princess who was very beautiful. 3. 从前, 在一个小村庄里住着一位老人。 Once upon a time, there was an old man living in a small village.4. 我从前没有见过他。 I hadn't seen him previously.5. 从前医生常常给病人放血. Doctors used to bleed people when they were ill.6. 从前有个美丽的公主.... Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess...7. 从前有一个公主. Once upon a time there was a princess.8. 这本书从前很出名, 现在没人看了. This book was once famous, but nobody reads it today. 从前的主编the whilom editor in chief.遥远的从前the far past.我们从前的同伴our erstwhile companions.