他死亡前喝了大量的酒。

Before he died he had consumed a large quantity of alcohol.

《牛津词典》

这种奇花在死亡前其花朵能盛开几周。

The exotic plant blooms for a few weeks before it dies.

youdao

难道奥斯卡能够嗅出病人死亡前某些化合物水平的突然升高？

Could it be that Oscar simply smelled an elevated level of a chemical compound released prior to death?

youdao

I'd die as soon as I forgot anything at all of what I was doing 20 minutes ago.

只要我忘记20分钟前的事情，也就等于死亡。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Let's suppose that my personality doesn't get destroyed any sooner than the death of my body.

让我们设定我的人格并没有,在肉体的死亡前被破坏。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

HIV infection and AIDS is the one that comes first to mind, and is responsible for this slide, I think this is data from a few years ago, 700,000 deaths per year.

IV感染和艾滋病是我们第一个想到的,在这幅幻灯片上也提到了,我想这是几年前的数据了,每年死亡七十万人

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选