► 名詞
以前 [(1)いぜん] [liter] meaning: before rank: 1
☆ この辺は以前は原っぱだった ⇨ This area was open fields before
☆ その映画は以前見たことが有る ⇨ I’ve seen that movie before
☆ それは常識以前の問題だ ⇨ That’s something (you should know) even before common sense.
☆ 産業革命以前の欧州 ⇨ Europe before the industrial revolution
More examples:
- 痛みは以前よりは幾分ましになった ⇨ The pain has gotten a little, somewhat, better than before
- 彼等は大成功した以前の製品の方程式を踏襲した ⇨ They followed the formula of the previous product that was extremely successful
- 彼は以前から警察に要注意人物と見られていた ⇨ He has been regarded as a potential troublemaker by police
- 以前は身分が違う者は結婚できなかった ⇨ People of different social statuses were not able to get married in the past
- 以前にどこかでそれを見たことがあると、ふと思い当たった ⇨ It suddenly dawned on me that I had seen it somewhere before
- 以前の飼い主に虐待された犬は今でもおどおどしている ⇨ The dog that had been abused by the previous owner is still acting scared
- その小説は以前に書かれた小説をパクったものだ ⇨ That novel is copied, plagiarized, from the one written some time ago
- この島には有史以前から人が住んでいた ⇨ This island has been inhabited since prehistoric times
- 私は彼をどこかで以前に見たことを思いついた ⇨ I dawned on me that I had seen him somewhere before
- 彼の技術は以前とは比べ物にならないほど上達した ⇨ His skills have improved so much than before that now they are beyond comparison
- 彼は以前から粗暴な行動が目立った ⇨ He has been exhibiting violent behaviors for some time