喜樂美語
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    rB1

    /bɪˈfɔːrhænd/ · /bɪˈfɔːhænd/

    earlier than something else happens or is done, often so you are ready.

    事先；預先

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核心畫面

Picture the moment something is going to happen, and then step back on the timeline to the space in front of it. Beforehand points at that space — the part where you get things ready. It always leans on an event the listener already has in mind: not just 'earlier', but 'earlier than that thing, while there was still time to prepare'.

可以想成時間軸上有一個「事情發生」的點，然後往前退一步，看那個點之前的那一段。beforehand 指的就是那一段—…更多收起可以想成時間軸上有一個「事情發生」的點，然後往前退一步，看那個點之前的那一段。beforehand 指的就是那一段——通常是拿來準備的時間。它一定貼著一件雙方心裡已經有的事：不是單純的「比較早」，而是「在那件事之前，還來得及先做點什麼的那段時間」。

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

beforehandadv/bɪˈfɔːhænd/

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    At an earlier or preceding time.

    • Will it be possible to have access to the room beforehand so that we can set up chairs?
    • I love playing tennis but I always get so nervous beforehand.

beforehandadj/bɪˈfɔːhænd/

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    obsoleteIn comfortable circumstances as regards property; forehanded.

    • rich and much beforehand
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    archaicIn a state of anticipation or preoccupation.

    • Agricola […] resolves to be beforehand with the danger.
    • The last cited author has been beforehand with me.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。