The fire engine came to the fire spot at the eleventh hour before it began to spread.
在火势还未蔓延之前救火车及时赶到了火场。
For days this apparition was a drag on her soul before it began to wear partially away.
这个幽灵般的影子在她的心头萦绕了好多天，才开始逐渐消逝了一些。
We didn't start this operation just to end it with rocket fire continuing as it did before it began.
我们开展这次军事行动并不是要以继续受到火箭袭击收场。
Thanks to extraordinary incompetence, Europe's leaders have almost ensured that the Greek rescue failed before it began.
由于欧洲领导人举措严重失当，救助希腊的行动在开始之前便已几乎注定失败。
They gave up on gold at $100 an ounce, before it began its real push to the top, which eventually put the price over $800.
他们在100美元/盎司的价位附近放弃了黄金，然而此后黄金才开始其真正的大规模上涨攻势，最终金价上涨至800多美元/盎司。
They said the command and control server that directed the attack was based in the United States and had come online several weeks before it began the assault.
他们称发布命令并控制这次攻击的服务器位于美国，在开始袭击前几周就连接上了互联网。
When a reporter was given a rare tour inside the building just before it began mass production in September, the operation appeared as modern as any in the world.
一位记者被允许在九月份开工前进行简短的采访，操作管理是世界上最先进的管理。
These actions showed a unique carefulness and thoughtfulness that is characteristic of girls, and thus the match took on an element of sweetness before it began.
这一系列的举动也许正体现出了女孩子所独有的细腻，使本场比赛在未开始之前便拥有了一丝温馨。
An earlier reactor was the Zimmer Power plant in Cincinnati, which was originally designed as a nuclear plant but it was converted to natural gas before it began operating.
更早一些的例子是，位于辛辛那提的奇摩尔发电厂，最初的设计是核电厂，但是在运行之前改为燃气发电。
Before this evidence was discovered, it had generally been assumed that rice farming began farther to the south.
在这一证据被发现之前，人们普遍认为水稻种植开始于更远的南方。
It took months before the findings began to filter through to the politicians.
几个月后调查结果才开始逐渐传到政治家们那里。
He was born six years after the century began, and died ten years before it ended.
他于本世纪开始的六年后出生，又在距离本世纪结束的十年前去世。
Before star chefs such as Oliver began making cooking fashionable, it was hard to find a restaurant in London that was open after 9 pm.
在奥利弗等明星厨师开始让烹饪变得时尚之前，在伦敦很难找到一家晚9点以后营业的餐厅。
Originally it was said that the actress committed suicide, but it was not long before doubts began to surface.
最初有人说这位女演员是自杀的，但没过多久人们就开始有所怀疑。
It was the nineteenth century before Rafacla Esposito, a baker from Naples, began to sell the first modern pizzas.
直到19世纪，那不勒斯的面包师拉法尔卡·埃斯波西托才开始销售第一批现代披萨。
That is up about 1.4% from 2007, before the recession began — and it doesn't include college costs.
这较本次经济衰退开始前的2007年增加了1.4%，而且这其中还未包括上大学的费用。
The number of Jaguars — at best — returns to the level it was before the program began.
捷豹汽车的数量在最好的情况下也就是回到原先该计划开始前的水平。
Before the LHC began operating, a few alarmists worried that it might create a black hole which would destroy the world.
在强子对撞机开始运作之前，一些杞人忧天者担心这可能会创造出一个黑洞，并将摧毁我们的世界。
If you were building a bridge or a skyscraper and you told me, before you began, that you knew exactly how it would look when it was finished - I would believe you.
如果你在建造桥梁或是摩天大楼，你告诉我在你开始之前，你确切地知道它结束时会是什么样，我会相信你。
NBC, an American broadcaster, said even before the 2010 Winter Olympics began that it would lose money on them.
美国电视台NBC在2010年冬季奥运会开始之前就表示，转播冬奥会，赔钱的可能性很大。
He began drinking right before PROM; he liked that it made him feel comfortable and desirable.
毕业舞会开始前，他就开始喝酒；他喜欢喝酒，酒精能宽慰他，让他自我感觉良好。
ALG says that a Toyota leased today will lose 0.9 percentage point more off its residual value than it would have before the recalls began.
ALG公司称，用于租赁的丰田汽车三年后的预期残值率如今比召回事件发生以前下降了0.9个百分点。
It took five months after the Nato air strikes began before rebel forces entered Tripoli.
在叛军进入的黎波里前北约就开始了其空中轰炸，已经有5个月了。
The S.& P. eventually fell well below the level where it stood before the Fed began cutting rates.
标普500指数最终大幅下跌至远低于美联储开始降息前的水平。
It's not cool to fake it. In other words, if a company began life selling pretty knitwear, it should think very carefully before venturing into, say, leather jackets.
换方向是很不明智的，换句话说，如果一家公司从卖漂亮地针织品起家，那么当它想进入皮夹克市场时就要非常谨慎。
Before I recovered sufficiently to see and hear, it began to be dawn, and, Nelly, I'll tell you what I thought, and what has kept recurring and recurring till I feared for my reason.
在我还没有十分恢复能看能听的能力之前，天就亮了。耐莉，我要告诉你我想过什么，还有什么想法总是不断地出现再出现，搞得我都快要发疯了。
The plant began producing stems of blue flowers before I could wrench it out.
然而我还来不及把它们弄走，这些植物就开出了一枝枝蓝色的花朵。
The plant began producing stems of blue flowers before I could wrench it out.
然而我还来不及把它们弄走，这些植物就开出了一枝枝蓝色的花朵。
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