The couple chatted briefly on the doorstep before going inside.

夫妇俩进屋前在门阶上简单地聊了几句。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Mrs. Pollard decided to learn as much as possible about the country before going there.

波拉德夫人决定尽可能多地了解那个国家后再去那儿。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

It might be more prudent to get a second opinion before going ahead.

行动之前再征求一下意见也许更为慎重。

《牛津词典》

It is an on-going program and it used to be run by EUCOM before our command was stood up,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

Now it's still going to be another twenty-five years before Milton writes the great epic, but Milton will no longer express the same degree of anxiety about under-preparation to write the great epic.

距他成为真正的史诗诗人,还有25年，但是弥尔顿不会再轻易表现出,关于创作史诗毫无准备的同等的焦虑了。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

I mentioned this before -I think I mentioned it before -if you say, I'm going to ask you to bet on a coin toss.

我之前提到过...,应该提到过...,我邀请你与我赌硬币正反面

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Like this year's Knicks, they jumped out to a hot start, at 25-9, before going 11-9 over the next 20 contests.

WSJ: Knicks Should Consider Plan B

Taking an anti-inflammatory medication such as ibuprofen- ideally before going to sleep -or upon awakening may help to reduce the severity of your hangover along with taking plenty of water.

FORBES: Five Ways To Avoid a New Year's Day Hangover

On that occasion, it was the first leg of a Champions League third-round qualifier and Chelsea beat the Slovakian side 2-0 before going on to win 5-0 on aggregate.

BBC: MSK Zilina 1-4 Chelsea