作为一个志愿者组织，国际业余卫星组织在当前立方体卫星热潮之前的几十年前就在将“业余”卫星送入轨道。
As an organization of volunteers, AMSAT was putting "amateur" satellites in orbit decades before the current CubeSat craze.
之前的很多研究已经发现，越乐观的人得慢性病的风险越低，过早死亡的风险也越低。
Previous studies have found that more optimistic people have a lower risk of developing chronic diseases, and a lower risk of premature death.
当气象学家收到新照片时，他们会将其与之前的照片进行比较。
When they receive the new pictures, the meteorologists compare them with the earlier ones.
在开始新的任务之前先把之前的完成。
我们对之前的同胞并不怀有怨恨。
We do not harbour bitterness towards our former compatriots.
要是听说什么一夜成名的故事，请不要忘记成功之前的工作。
When you hear about an overnight success story, don't forget about all of the work that came before.
就算你一段时间没去健身，肌肉也能记住之前的健康状态。
Even if you take a break from the gym for a while, your muscles will retain a memory of their former fitness.
在第一场辩论之前的几天，我努力使自己做好充分的准备。
In the days leading up to the first debate, I worked hard to be well prepared.
我是一个乐观的人，我希望过上所有这些事情发生之前的那种生活。
I am an optimistic man. I live in hope that we can live normally like we did before this happened.
在有书籍之前的时代里，孩子们通过一再地倾听童话故事而得知它们。
In the time before books, children learned fairy tales by listening to them over and over again.
如果你有多余的时间，你可以顺便到奈良一游。它是京都之前的首都。
If you have some extra time, you might take a side trip to Nara, which was the capital before Kyoto.
参演一些有趣低预算的小制作影片，一改他之前的荧幕形象。
Take on some interesting, low-budget flicks that shatter his pre-existing image.
这节课我们将灵活运用之前的所学，换言之今天没什么新内容。
We're going to apply today what we have learned, so there is nothing new but its applications.
《阿凡达》及之前的《星球大战》都为未来技术如何助推电影定下了基调。
Avatar, like Star Wars before it, has set the tone for how technology will be used in film going forward.
说到记录：他不仅破了之前的世界纪录，而且还把记录提高了一倍多。
And just for the record: he did beat the old mark, and more than doubled it.
但是他有力地促成了这笔收购交易，甚至可以说是主导了之前的谈判。
But he was instrumental in making the deal happen, even leading the early negotiations.
在反映现实世界运作方式方面，XML确实比它之前的数据建模机制做得更好。
XML simply does a much better job of reflecting the way the real world operates than the data-modeling mechanisms that preceded it.
在面试中表现得开朗和热情，不要抱怨你之前的老板，对新公司要显得正面积极。
Be likeable and enthusiastic; don’t moan about your old boss, be positive about this new company.
在她音乐般的嗓音中，传来许久之前的回音，我躺在她身边，数十年的时光为之消却。
In the music of her voice, an echo sounded from long ago, and as I rested by her side, the decades dissolved.
每当我听到表演开始之前的最后通报，就会觉得肾上腺素开始分泌，大概是像马在比赛开始之前的那种感觉吧。
Every time I hear the last call before the show starts, I feel the adrenaline start to pump, probably like how a horse feels before it starts a race.
在1976年夏季奥运会上，娜迪娅·科马内奇得到了满分10分，这在之前被认为是不可能的。
In the 1976 Summer Olympics, Nadia Comaneci scored a perfect 10, which was thought impossible before.
正如安东尼·哈勒姆所指出的，许多科学现象，比如冰河时代，在它们还没有被完全解释清楚之前就已经被接受了。
As Anthony Hallam has pointed out, many scientific phenomena, such as the ice ages, have been accepted before they could be fully explained.
她出门之前仔细地整了整自己的衣服和头发。
She carefully adjusted her clothes and her hair before going out.
例如在元素周期表中，碲排在碘之前，尽管它的原子质量略大一些。
For example, tellurium comes before iodine in the periodic table, even though its atomic mass is slightly greater.
但在我讨论我们需要如何共同努力之前，让我们首先回顾一下我们已经取得的进展。
But before I talk about where we need to go together, let's consider how far we've come.
在她之前曾经有过摇滚女歌手的伟大榜样，从蒂娜·特纳到詹尼斯·乔普林，但从来没有人能够把表演与诗歌如此天衣无缝地组合起来。
There had been strong female role models in rock before, from Tina Turner to Janis Joplin, but no one had ever combined performance and poetry in such a visceral way.
在她之前曾经有过摇滚女歌手的伟大榜样，从蒂娜·特纳到詹尼斯·乔普林，但从来没有人能够把表演与诗歌如此天衣无缝地组合起来。
There had been strong female role models in rock before, from Tina Turner to Janis Joplin, but no one had ever combined performance and poetry in such a visceral way.
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