beforehand
adverb /bɪˈfɔːhænd/
/bɪˈfɔːrhænd/
- earlier; before something else happens or is done
预先;事先 - two weeks/three days/a few hours beforehand
提前两星期/三天/几小时 - I wish we'd known about it beforehand.
要是我们预先知道这事就好了。 - He warned me beforehand what to expect.
他预先提醒过我这件事。
Collocations DictionaryBeforehand is used with these verbs:- know
词源Middle English (originally as two words): from before + hand; probably influenced by Old French avant main. - two weeks/three days/a few hours beforehand