他在掷硬币时猜中了，选择先作守方。

He won the toss and chose to field first.

《牛津词典》

他的看法是政府在推行一项税制前应先作考虑。

He held the opinion that a government should think before introducing a tax.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

先试解释一下问题再作回答。

Try to paraphrase the question before you answer it.

《牛津词典》

But let me at least give you one example that may give you a feel for it.

不管怎样,先给你们举个例子,或许能帮你们稍作了解

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This in some ways might seem a case of putting the cart before the horse or the cart before the course maybe because how can you say how can we say ? what political philosophy is in advance of doing it?

这好像有点,本末倒置,或说未卜先知,因为你们怎能谈，我们怎能,先谈政治哲学，之后再来实作呢？

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