long before

It wasn't too long before we had worked out a plan acceptable to all.

没多久我们就制订出一个大家都能接受的计划.

They had to endure a long wait before the case came to trial.

在此案审理前他们只得忍受长时间的等待。

We never seem to stay together for very long before we have a dreadful row.

我们总是在一起呆不了多久就会大吵一架。

' This should have been decided long before now. '—'We can't think of everything.'

“这个在此之前早该决定了。”——“我们不可能考虑得面面俱到。”

I ran up against the problem of getting taken seriously long before I became a writer.

我突然遇到了这样的问题：虽然还没有成为作家，却过早受到了重视。

She still has a long way to go before she's fully fit.

她还需要很长时间才能完全恢复健康。

It was not long before a helicopter arrived on the scene to rescue the survivors of the plane crash.

不久一架直升飞机来到了现场搭救那次飞机失事的幸存者.

It didn't take long before she'd wormed out of him confessions of his other infidelity.

不久，在她的盘问之下，他承认还有其他婚外情。

If every tune from Radiohead is as good as this one is, it can't be long before they are household names.

如果电台司令乐队的每首歌都像这首这么棒的话，那它很快便会家喻户晓了。

He retired long before the war.

他在战争之前早就退休了。

Your baby will begin to vocalize long before she can talk.

你的女婴在会说话前很早就要开始咿呀发声了。

There was a long pause before she answered.

她停了好一会儿才回答。

"This should have been decided long before now." —"We can't think of everything."

“这个在此之前早该决定了。”——“我们不可能考虑得面面俱到。”

Shoppers began arriving long before the 10am opening time.

离上午10点开门时间还早时顾客就陆陆续续地来了。

The assembly hall was overcrowded long before the performance began.

演出开始前,大会堂里早已挤得水泄不通了.

We've seen that film long before.

我们早就看过那部电影了.

She said she had seen the film long before.

她说她很久以前就看过这部电影.

It was not long before I tracked down the lost watch.

不久我就找到了遗失的表.

It was not long before I realised the enormity of my faux pas.

没过多久，我就意识到自己有多么失态。

It was not long before the imbibing began to tell.

很快,喝酒喝得有效果了.

It was not long before his anger melted.

不久他的火气就消了.

Long before I ever went there, Africa was alive in my imagination.

早在我真正踏足之前很久，非洲就已在我的脑海中活灵活现了。

It was not long before a helicopter arrived on scene to rescue the survivors of the plane crash.

不久,一架直升飞机飞到现场,来营救飞机失事的幸存者.

I heard about him long before I saw him.

我在没见过他之前就听说过他.

The area was inhabited long before the dawn of recorded history.

早在有历史记载之前很久这个地区就有人居住了。

It was not long before the news was widely circulated.

这个消息不久就哄传开了.

I ran up against the problem of getting taken seriously long before I became a writer

我突然遇到了这样的问题：虽然还没有成为作家，却过早受到了重视。

There was a deep-rooted racial prejudice long before the two countries became rivals and went to war

早在这两个国家成为敌人并且兵戎相见之前，它们之间就有了根深蒂固的种族偏见。

The plot to assassinate Martin Luther King had started long before he was actually killed.

刺杀马丁·路德·金的计划在实施前酝酿已久。

He was very excited, and it was long before he calmed down.

他很激动，心情久久不能平静。