| 释义 |
pre, prep.|priː|
[A further development of pre- B. 2 c; cf. post prep. 6.]
= before prep. 8.
Usu. found in contexts where before would be equally appropriate and more agreeable.—R.W.B.
1973G. Sims Hunters Point xiii. 119 ‘Have you tried phoning David's friends in Los Angeles?’..‘They are all pre my era and I don't know their names.’ 1975H. Kissinger in Dept. of State Bull. 6 Oct. 532 Pre my being in office; those decisions were made in the previous Administration. |