從前
基本信息
詞語解釋
(1)往昔，先前。
例:從前香山觀有個道士天天講故事。
(2)曾經，一度。
例:從前和她很熟悉，可是現在忘記了她的名字。
(3)歸屬於前。
例:《春秋·隱公元年》"元年春王正月" 唐孔穎達疏:"及其史官定策，雖有一統，不可半年從前，半年從後。"
(4)以前。
例:唐，劉得仁《逢呂上山人》詩:"從前枉多病，此後鮮疏名。"
元任昱《水仙子·幽居》曲:"想從前錯怨天公。"
明 朝鮮李民宬《敬亭先生續集·朝天錄》:"(袁可立)付批牌有曰:'看得廢立之事，二百年來所未有者，一朝傳聞，豈不駭異。封疆重寄，行文防愼，此自事理當然。而今觀來文，乃悉顛末。效順之誠，既不異於疇昔。優待之禮，應不減於從前。一切款宴、犒賞夫馬等項，已移檄促辦矣。合行諭知云云。'"
清顧炎武《日知錄·士大夫晚年之學》:"夫一生仕宦，投老得閒，正宜進德修業，以補從前之闕。"
巴金《寒夜》五:"從前我們都不是這樣過日子的。這兩年大家都變了。"
英文解釋
從前: [ cóng qián ]
1. Previously
2. Formerly
其它相關解釋:
Beforetime;Ci-devant;In days gone by;In the old days;Long since;Once upon a time;Whilom;Aforetime;When;On a time;Upon a time;Ages ago;Once;Langsyne;Long ago;In olden days
例句與用法:
從前人們在手術前用乙醚來使病人昏睡。Ether was used formerly to put a patient to sleep before an operation. 從前, 有一位非常美麗的公主。Once upon a time, there lived a princess who was very beautiful. 從前, 在一個小村莊裡住着一位老人。Once upon a time, there was an old man living in a small village. 我從前沒有見過他。I hadn't seen him previously. 從前醫生常常給病人放血。Doctors used to bleed people when they were ill. 從前有個美麗的公主....Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess... 從前有一個公主。Once upon a time there was a princess. 這本書從前很出名, 現在沒人看了。This book was once famous, but nobody reads it today.