你如果要铺瓷砖，得先整平地面。
If you're laying tiles, the floor will need to be levelled first.
学生在注册前必须先参加摸底考试。
Students are required to take placement tests before registering.
票数有限，将分配给那些先申请的人。
Tickets are limited and will be allocated to those who apply first.
职位空缺时，该办公室的触角先伸向大学。
When vacancies occur, the office puts out feelers to the universities.
乘客被要求先确认自己的旅行箱再送上飞机。
Passengers were asked to identify their own suitcases before they were put on the plane.
大多数学校先教孩子们小写字母，后教大写字母。
Most schools teach children lowercase letters first, and uppercase letters later.
在我们能评估其含义以前，我们得先解释其基本假设。
We shall have to explicate its basic assumptions before we can assess its implications.
我一会儿就到你那里去。我有几件事情得先处理一下。
I'll be with you in a minute. There are a couple of things I have to do first.
谈生意之前，先送给潜在的客户一些赠品，以联络感情。
Potential customers are softened up with free gifts before the sales talk.
这部电话的操作方式相反，即先拨通号码，然后投入钱币。
It worked contrariwise—first you dialled the number, then you put the money in.
先轻轻地划一下，然后反复划，一次比一次划得深些，直到木板被完全割开。
Score lightly at first and then repeat, scoring deeper each time until the board is cut through.
购物前，他们一般先拟好购物清单。
Before going shopping, they usually make out a shopping list.
蛋尚未孵出，勿先数鸡。
这些植物先死了。
狐狸不应该先走。
盘子先搁着吧，我等会儿再洗。
学生先分头工作，然后六人一组交流心得。
The students work individually, then pool their ideas in groups of six.
你还没告诉我就先对我妻子讲了，为此我非常生气。
I take great exception to the fact that you told my wife before you told me.
与他结婚63年的发妻玛丽先他11个月离开了人世。
在印度和巴厘岛，学生们在开始学习乐器前要先学唱歌。
In India and Bali students learn to vocalize music before ever picking up instruments.
要想妥善处理预算问题，从某方面来说必须先解决那些问题。
Any attempt to attack the budget problem is going to have to in some way deal with those issues.
先不谈极少数患有临床抑郁症的人，大多数有坏情绪的人也有很好的情绪。
Leaving aside the tiny minority who are clinically depressed, most people who have bad moods also have very good moods.
先完成你的作业，然后我们再谈。
动笔前，先仔细计划要写什么。
女孩的爸爸要求女孩先做什么？
你必须考虑一下应该先做什么。
脚先入水，这样你就能知道水有多深。
Go in feet first so that you can know how deep the water is.
面试前，先熟悉与工作歧视有关的法律。
Prior to the interview, acquaint yourself with the laws pertaining to job discrimination.
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