我向前门冲去，但他却已先我而到。

I made a dash for the front door but he got there before me.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

当我看到你们双双坐三轮车驶向市区的时候，先时不以为意，但不久，我慢慢地感觉到些端倪。

I did not take it to heart when I first saw you two sitting on a tricycle heading for town, but soon I sensed something wrong there.

youdao

在拍摄新照片前，我都要先做一些调查与思考，使自己能投入到拍摄的意境中。

Before I start a new project, I need time for research, thinking and for letting myself go.

youdao

Objection number one - and here I'll come down to - I wanna talk to team libertarian over here.

第一条反对，我先到下面去-,到这边来和自由主义队员对话。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

I wanna stop here because I think that's a role that you have provided for many students.

我想这个话题就先说到这儿，因为我觉得,那是您为很多学生担当的工作。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

We'll be dealing with this in some depth, but I'll give you one quick example.

在以后的课里我们也会讨论到这个问题，但现在我可以先给你们一个小例子。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选