ad. ahead提前,先。
△Oth.5.1.128:“Will you goon afore?”你們先走一步好嗎?
afore
prep.
1. before在…之前。
△2H.IV.2.4.218 (204):“I’ll for-swear keeping house afore I’ll be in these tirrits andfrights.”我再不開(kāi)這個(gè)酒店了,我可受不了這種恐怖和驚嚇。
△H.V. 3.6.31 (30): “Fortune is painted blind,witha muffler afore his eyes,to signify to you that For-tune is blind:”(his; her.Genders are often confus-ed in Welsh dialect.)命運(yùn)女神總被畫(huà)作是盲目的,在她眼前蒙著一條布帶,向你表示命運(yùn)女神是盲目的。
2. before,in front of在…的面前。
△Rom.4.2.32(31):“Now,afore God.”哦,上帝見(jiàn)證。
△Rom.2.4.171 (161):“afore God.”在上帝面前,天哪。
afore[??f?:]
adv.&;以前,從前
prep.在前
‖ aforecited adj. 上述的,前列的
aforehand adj.事(預(yù))先的
adv.事先地
aforementioned adj.上述的,前述的
aforesaid adj.上述的(常用于法律文件)/aforesaid right上述權(quán)利
aforethought[??f?:θ?:t]adj.故意的/n. 預(yù)謀
aforethought malice故意(傷人)/aforetime[??f?:taim]adj. 以前的,早先的