beforehand | BrE bɪˈfɔːhand, AmE bəˈfɔrˌhænd | adverb (ahead of time) 提前 tíqián ; (earlier) 事先 shìxiān ▸ let me know beforehand 提前告诉我 ▸ a year/one hour beforehand 提前一年/一小时 ▸ journalists knew beforehand 记者们事先已经知道了 ▸ we had seen them shortly beforehand 不久前我们见过他们 |