long before

This was most blessedly perfect long before we had the slightest knowledge of him.

远在我们对祂有丝毫认识以前，祂就完完全全认识了我们。

Different from Engels, there had been a critical distance between Marx and Feuerbach long before he started to compose the Holy Family.

与恩格斯不同，马克思早在撰写《神圣家族》之前就与费尔巴哈思想有着批判性的距离。

As might have been expected, it was not long before John tried to break all his promises.

果然不出人们所料，隔不多久，约翰就想撕毁他的全部字据。

When Obama get up in the morning he borrows more than the cost of an entire aircraft carrier long before he goes to bed that night.

当白天奥巴马起床的时候，他就借走了远比一整艘航空母舰更多的钱，直到晚上睡觉之前才结束。

And he made a wonderful talking doll for his children, long before the days of the phonograph.

他还为孩子们制造了一个绝妙的、会说话的玩偶，而那时，留声机还远未问世。

It wasn't long before Corey started to struggle. I was holding on to his jacket, but he kept trying to jump off the boat.

不久科里便开始挣扎，我紧紧攥住他的救生衣，可他仍然试图跳下船去，结果他挣脱了我的手。

A woman in Bristol read about her in a newspaper and recognized her as a girl who had stayed at her lodging house not too long before.

一个布里斯托尔的女人从报纸上读到这条新闻，认出这原来是不久前还投宿在她家里的一个女孩。

He began to go down to the shore, but long before he reached it, the sun had set.

他开始往下走向岸边，但在他走到之前，太阳老早就下山了。

But it might have been much better if the epidemiologists had taken a look long before the FT got involved.

但如果流行病学家早在英国《金融时报》介入之前就阅读她的论文，那么情况可能会好得多。

"Monks can now practice and reside in monasteries, but we're talking about long before the establishment of any monastery, " he said.

“现在僧侣们能在寺庙中静修并住在那儿，但我们所讲的事可发生在任何寺庙建立之前。”他说。

The inventor of the name appears to have done so long before the actuality of an independent nation was a possibility.

早在巴基斯坦的独立成为可能以前，乔杜里·拉赫马特·阿里就已经发明出这一名称了。

I won't be leaping like an international show jumper any time soon, but it might not be long before I get back in the saddle.

虽然我绝不可能在短时间内有国际马术师那样惊人的表演，至少理我能够落回马鞍的日子已经不远了。

It was not long before he saw me looking at him, and so he began to move.

不久之前，他看到我看着他，所以他开始行动了。

you can only fish for so long before you got to throw a stick of dynamite in the water?

你只能在把炸药扔进鱼塘之前钓那么一会儿鱼。

However the pattern of consumption began long before Terra exited the Great Central Sun as she was consumed until she fell therein.

其实肉食的图案模式早在Terra离开大中枢太阳前就开始，她被“食用”导致振动下跌。

"There is room, there is a cushion, " he said. "The question is, how long before everyone can get back up to 100 percent? "

“目前还有一定的缓冲馀地，”他表示，“问题在于所有企业恢复全面生产会需要多长时间？”

Once upon a time, there lived a poor cowherd, Niulang, whose parents had died long before. He had to live together with his elder brother.

很久以前，有一个放牛娃名叫牛郎，父母早亡，只好跟着哥哥嫂嫂度日。

You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us.

你认为狗不会上天堂吗？我告诉你，牠们会远比我们之中任何人更早到那里。

Bryant was a hit with Lakers fans long before he reached this skill level, back when he was just a dazzling rookie.

在科比的球技还没达到现在的水平以前，他曾经打击了湖人球迷，那时他还是个爱表现的新秀。

Intelligent as she, I'm afraid it will not be long before insight into the truth - who would be willing to face the bloody truth?

聪明如她，只怕用不了多久就会洞悉真相——试问谁愿意面对这血淋淋的真相？