他们很难在7点以前早早地来到这里。

It's difficult for them to get here much before seven.

《牛津词典》

她斩钉截铁地说以前从未见过这个男人。

She averred that she had never seen the man before.

《牛津词典》

我比以前更频繁地使用小球了。

I used the drop shot more than I used to.

youdao

I had not really had a conversation with a person who was out as lesbian or gay before I was in college.

在上大学以前,我从未真正地和一个,出柜的同性恋谈过话。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

There has been study after study showing that people in the military who were otherwise, for instance, racists after working with people of different races liked them more because you had all of the right ingredients.

不断地有研究表明,在军队里，以前是种族主义者的人,和不同种族的人合作后，会更喜欢他们,因为军队里都包含了这些促成因素。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Air traffic used to be everything flew to places local to it but now there's a system of hubs, Chicago O'Hare for instance or Newark where planes fly through.

以前的飞机都是飞往它的所属地,但现在的航空运输是一个由交通枢纽组成的系统，例如飞机会途经芝加哥O'Hare机场或Newark机场。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选