Before

prep.
1. 在...以前
Only two days remained before the examination.
考前只剩下兩天了。
2. (指順序,重要性等)在...之前,先於
Your name comes before mine.
你的名字在我之前。
Pride comes before a fall.
驕必敗。
3. 由...考慮中
We will put the matter before the committee.
我們將把此事提交委員會考慮。
4. 在...前面;在...面前
She said she had never spoken before an audience.
她說她從未在大庭廣眾演講過。
5. 被...所迫;迫於
Their troops recoiled before the attack of the enemy.
他們的部隊迫於敵人的進攻而後撤。