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come before
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优先于, 比...更重要
to have a higher priority or importance compared to someone or something else
- The safety and well-being of our employees should always come before any other considerations.
我们员工的安全和福祉应始终优先于任何其他考虑因素。
- In this court of law, justice and fairness come before personal interests.
在这个法庭上，正义和公平优先于个人利益。
- When making decisions, the needs of the community should come before individual desires.
做决定时，社区的需求应该优先于个人欲望。
- The health of the patients must come before administrative convenience in a hospital setting.
在医院环境中，患者的健康必须优先于行政便利。
- As a responsible citizen, it is important to ensure that the welfare of others comes before personal gain.
作为一个负责任的公民，重要的是要确保他人的福利优先于个人利益。
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先于, 出现在...之前
to appear or be presented prior to something else
- The appetizers will come before the main course in the dinner menu.
开胃菜会在晚餐菜单的主菜之前上。
- The opening act will come before the headline performer in the concert lineup.
开场表演将在音乐会阵容中先于头条表演者出场。
- The preliminary findings will come before the detailed analysis in the research report.
初步调查结果将在研究报告的详细分析之前出现。
- The introduction section will come before the main body of the essay in the academic paper.
引言部分将在学术论文的正文之前出现。
- The training session will come before the practical exercises in the workshop agenda.
培训课程将在研讨会日程中的实践练习之前进行。
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出庭, 面对
to stand in front of or face a person or authority for judgment or evaluation
- The defendant will come before the judge to present their case in the courtroom.
被告将出庭在法庭上向法官陈述案情。
- The accused will come before a disciplinary committee for a hearing on the alleged misconduct.
被告将出庭纪律委员会，就涉嫌的不当行为举行听证会。
- The witness was nervous as they prepared to come before the grand jury.
证人在准备出庭大陪审团时很紧张。
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先于, 在...之前到来
to exist or occur earlier in time or history
- The Industrial Revolution came before the Digital Age in the timeline of human progress.
在人类进步的时间线上，工业革命早于数字时代。
- Ancient civilizations such as the Egyptians and Greeks came before the rise of the Roman Empire.
埃及人和希腊人等古代文明早于罗马帝国的崛起。
- The invention of the telephone came before the development of the internet.
电话的发明早于互联网的发展。
- The Renaissance era came before the Enlightenment period in European history.
文艺复兴时期在欧洲历史上早于启蒙时期。
- Early forms of writing, such as hieroglyphics and cuneiform, came before the invention of the alphabet.
早期的书写形式，如象形文字和楔形文字，早于字母的发明。