beforehand

英 [bɪ'fɔːhænd] 美 [bɪ'fɔːrhænd]

• adv. 预先；事先；提前

双解释义

adv. (副词)

1. 预先,事先

   before sth else happens; in advance

详尽释义

adv. 副词

1. 预先
2. 事先
3. 提前地
4. 超前地
5. 赶先
6. 事前
7. 先行
8. 提早
9. 预期

adj. 形容词

1. 提前的
2. 赶在前面的
3. 事先
4. 提早
5. 预期
6. 预先

英英释义

Adjective:

1. being ahead of time or need;

   "gave advance warning"
   "was beforehand with her report"
   

Adverb:

1. ahead of time; in anticipation;

   "when you pay ahead (or in advance) you receive a discount"
   "We like to plan ahead"
   "should have made reservations beforehand"
   

例句

用作副词 (adv.)

1. I had made preparations beforehand.
   我预先作了准备。
2. He warned me beforehand what to expect.
   他预先提醒过我这件事。
3. We were aware of the problem beforehand.
   我们事先就知道有这个问题。
4. Actually I meant to notify you beforehand.
   实际上我是想事先通知你的。
5. It had been arranged beforehand.
   那事已提前安排好了。
6. He arrived at the meeting place beforehand.
   他提前到达会面地点。

常见句型

用作副词 (adv.)

用作状语

1. We knew they were coming, so we bought some food beforehand.
   我们知道他们要来,所以预先买了一些食物。
2. Please inform me of your arrival time beforehand.
   请事先通知我你抵达的时间。
3. I wish we'd known about it beforehand.
   要是我们预先知道这件事就好了。

用作表语

1. Don't be beforehand in making up your mind.
   不要过早做决定。
2. He feared that I should be beforehand with him.
   他害怕我捷足先登。

经典引文

• Take no thought before hand what ye shall speake.

  出自：Bible (AV): Mark

• Having little or nothing before-hand, and living from Hand to Mouth.

  出自： Steele

• Do you write all this stuff out beforehand and learn it off, or..[do] you make it up as you go along?

  出自： K. Amis

词汇搭配

• be beforehand with 预先(提前)
• beforehand with the world 手头有钱,手边宽裕...
• be beforehand with the world 手头有钱(手边宽裕)...

词语用法

adv. (副词)

1. beforehand的基本意思是“预先；事先”，在句中多用作状语。beforehand也可用作表语，这时的意思是“预先准备好的；早做准备的”。
2. beforehand不用于比较等级。

近反义词

【近义词】

• already 已经
• in advance 提前
• earlier 早的
• before 在 ... 以前
• early 早
• ahead of time 提前
• previously 先前
• ahead 领先
• advance 前进

【反义词】

• afterward