从前
基本信息
词语解释
(1)往昔，先前。
例:从前香山观有个道士天天讲故事。
(2)曾经，一度。
例:从前和她很熟悉，可是现在忘记了她的名字。
(3)归属于前。
例:《春秋·隐公元年》"元年春王正月" 唐孔颖达疏:"及其史官定策，虽有一统，不可半年从前，半年从后。"
(4)以前。
例:唐，刘得仁《逢吕上山人》诗:"从前枉多病，此后鲜疏名。"
元任昱《水仙子·幽居》曲:"想从前错怨天公。"
明 朝鲜李民宬《敬亭先生续集·朝天录》:"(袁可立)付批牌有曰:'看得废立之事，二百年来所未有者，一朝传闻，岂不骇异。封疆重寄，行文防愼，此自事理当然。而今观来文，乃悉颠末。效顺之诚，既不异于畴昔。优待之礼，应不减于从前。一切款宴、犒赏夫马等项，已移檄促办矣。合行谕知云云。'"
清顾炎武《日知录·士大夫晚年之学》:"夫一生仕宦，投老得闲，正宜进德修业，以补从前之阙。"
巴金《寒夜》五:"从前我们都不是这样过日子的。这两年大家都变了。"
英文解释
从前: [ cóng qián ]
1. Previously
2. Formerly
其它相关解释:
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
例句与用法:
从前人们在手术前用乙醚来使病人昏睡。Ether was used formerly to put a patient to sleep before an operation. 从前, 有一位非常美丽的公主。Once upon a time, there lived a princess who was very beautiful. 从前, 在一个小村庄里住着一位老人。Once upon a time, there was an old man living in a small village. 我从前没有见过他。I hadn't seen him previously. 从前医生常常给病人放血。Doctors used to bleed people when they were ill. 从前有个美丽的公主....Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess... 从前有一个公主。Once upon a time there was a princess. 这本书从前很出名, 现在没人看了。This book was once famous, but nobody reads it today.