At this point, I usually have forgotten about her completely if not before.

对于这点，我经常会把这个女孩完全忘掉。

youdao

People have known how to make ethanol since the dawn of civilisation, if not before.

如果不能说在人类文明开始之前人们就学会制造乙醇，那这也是人类文明刚刚出现就有的事了。

youdao

But if not before freedom, certainly afterward, the Negroes took family names like other people.

如果黑人在自由前不需要姓的话，那么在获得自由后，他们肯定象其他人一样取一个姓。

youdao

If the Union force attacked before Stonewall Jackson got into position, Lee could not possibly hold it back.

VOA: special.2009.10.15

The answer is generally not because if you buy the stock before it goes ex-dividend, you get--you have to pay a higher price, but you get the dividend.

答案一般来说是不用,如果你买了股票,是在除息之前买的,你的买入价高,但能分到红

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What we need to really become convienced of the immortality of the soul even if we were convinced, is not the mere suggestion that the soul was around before our birth.

能真正说服我们,灵魂是不朽的,即使我们承认灵魂不朽，并不仅仅是因为,灵魂存在于出生之前这样的推测。

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U.S. military to cease all use of anti-personnel landmines (APLs) by 2006, if not before.

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Private-equity firms have been accused of wrecking companies since the 1980s, if not before.

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The coalition is likely to drift apart as soon as Mr. Aquino leaves office, if not before.

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