威尼斯的航运业从1530年左右荷兰和英国船只大量进入地中海之前开始衰落，到16世纪末已经明显落后了。
Venetian shipping had started to decline from about 1530—before the entry into the Mediterranean of large volumes of Dutch and British shipping—and was clearly outclassed by the end of the century.
让人如此着迷的是，因为在发现安提基西拉机械之前，最早能像它一样追踪太阳和月亮的设备居然要追溯到1000多年前了。
What makes that so fascinating is that before we found the Antikythera Mechanism, the earliest device we had that could track the Sun and moon like this was invented over 1,000 years later.
我到这里之前有点紧张，但没有理由这样。
I was a bit nervous before I arrived here, but there was no reason to be.
在汽车起动之前的短暂的一瞥里，Martin注意到大衣口袋，一边鼓鼓囊囊地塞着书，另一边鼓鼓囊囊地塞着一夸脱瓶装的威士忌酒。
In the fleeting glimpse before the car started up, Martin noted the overcoat pockets, one bulging with books, the other bulging with a quart bottle of whiskey.
当你忘记如何操作一个熟悉的物品，如微波炉，或是忘记如何开车到一个你之前就拜访过很多次的朋友家时，这可能就是出现问题的征兆。
Forgetting how to operate a familiar object like a microwave oven, or forgetting how to drive to the house of a friend you've visited many times before can also be signs of something going wrong.
中世纪时期，现代银行和信用工具出现之前，人们在家里存钱，一次丢几个硬币到罐子或盘子里。
In the Middle Ages, before modern banking and credit instruments, people saved money at home, a few coins at a time dropped into a jar or dish.
意识到嫉妒并在它发展到无法控制之前就把它消灭于萌芽状态，这一点至关重要。
It is important to recognize jealousy and to nip it in the bud before it gets out of hand.
在人们开始注意到之前，我能有多少创意的方法来掩盖午餐没有肉的事实？
How many creative ways could I conceal the lack of meat in my lunch before people begin to notice?
然而，如果员工在评估期之前就已经意识到自己的不足，他们可能无法或不愿纠正这些不足。
If the employees were already aware of their deficiencies before the evaluation period, however, they may be unable or unwilling to correct them.
这种自我设限很重要，在决定采用第一个解释之前，必须要考虑到这一点。
This self-handicapping, it is important to take this into account before just deciding to go with that first explanation.
后来的波利尼西亚人的口述历史和传统也没有提供任何见解，因为它们早在追溯到拉皮塔人的时代之前就已经成为神话。
Nor do the oral histories and traditions of later Polynesians offer any insights, for they turn into myths long before they reach as far back in time as the Lapita.
他尝试阅读的这本书可以追溯到很久以前，甚至在第一个字被写出来之前，这是一个关于移民的故事。
The book he's trying to read goes back to long before even the first word was written, and it is a story of migration.
现在他的妈妈回来了，因为她之前出去了，她把小小的古斯塔乌的抱到自己怀里。
His mother now came home, for she had been out, and took little Augusta on her arm.
唤醒感官的第一步是在事情发生之前，不要预测我们将要看到或感觉到的东西。
The first step in awakening senses is to stop predicting what we are going to see and feel before it occurs.
但在我们试图模仿天才或鼓励我们的孩子这样做之前，我们应该注意到，我们从他们身上学到的一些东西可能并不适合我们。
But before we try to emulate geniuses or encourage our children to do so we should note that some of the things we learn from them may prove unpalatable.
在奥尔雷德知晓这件事情之前，新墨西哥州的警官们和其他路过的好心人们已帮助她们筹集到共计568美金。
Before Allred knew it, New Mexico State Police Officers were among the many stopping by helping them reach a total of $568.
到医院之前，这个都可以让它保持不动。
在救护车到之前，黛比做了一些更常规的胸外按压。
Debbie then took over with some more conventional chest compressions until the ambulance arrived.
他们将搜索范围扩大到隔壁的房子，据悉，现在的住户三年前搬进去之前，加里多曾是那里的看门人。
They also extended the search to the next-door house where Garrido has been caretaker until its current occupant moved in three years ago.
斯旺森说：“有时这会出错，但大多数时候不会。”他建议，在孩子们6到8岁的时候，家长们应开始在发故事、照片之前征求孩子的意见。
"Sometimes it goes wrong, but most of the time it doesn't," says Swanson, who recommends starting to ask children permission to post narratives or photos around ages 6 to 8.
在西药出现在中国之前，中国大夫到山上去采草药。
Before the western medicine appeared in China, Chinese doctors went to the mountains to pick herbs.
在你意识到它之前，你会有一群每天都一起玩的朋友！
Before you know it, you'll have a group of friends to have fun with every day!
蜘蛛甚至能感觉到蛛网最微小的移动，并在昆虫逃走之前就冲向它。
The spider can feel even the smallest movement of the web, and rushes at the insect before it can get away.
不管我们是否注意到，从床头柜上的一堆书到整齐有序的书架，在翻开一页书之前，我们的藏书就在讲述着一个故事。
From the pile of books on your bedside table to your well-organized shelves, whether we notice it or not, our book collections are telling a story before a single page has been turned.
他们过着幸福的生活，但直到大房子里的美好生活结束了，他们才意识到之前有多幸福。
They had a happy life, but they did not know how happy till the pretty life in the large house was over.
相比之下，在1650年到1750年之前的几百年里，英国还完全是一个农业国家。
By contrast, they saw in the preceding hundred years from 1650 to1750, when England was still a completely agricultural country.
在我上八年级之前的那个夏天，我和一群男孩一起，被邻家的一个农夫雇佣到田里干活。
The summer before my eighth grade I was one of a group of boys that a neighboring farmer hired to work in his field.
在发布到服务器之前，此更改只是临时的。
The change is only temporary until you publish it to the server.
然后，如果概念被接受，那么成果会在集成到主代码库之前再审核。
Then, if the concept is accepted, the result is reviewed again before integration into the main code repository.
然后，如果概念被接受，那么成果会在集成到主代码库之前再审核。
Then, if the concept is accepted, the result is reviewed again before integration into the main code repository.
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