前不久的英文：
not long before
Shortly before:not long before
…前不久
Until recently, Krickitt worked as a crdio pulmonary therapist at a local medical center
直到前不久，克瑞基特一直在当地的一家医疗中心做心肺疗养师。
Not long ago, he was seriously ill.
前不久，他害了一场大病。
We arrived shortly before the film started.
我们在电影开始前不久到的。
He illustrated The Thousand and One Nights in 1949, shortly before returning to Europe.
他在返回欧洲前不久，于1949年给《一千零一夜》制作了插图。
'I was reading one of your newspeak articles in The Times the other day
“前不久我读到你在《泰晤士报》发表的一篇用新话写的文章。
When I returned from abroad recently,a particularly officious young Customs officer clearly regarded me as a smuggler.
前不久，我从国外回来，一个出格地爱管闲事的年轻海关官员显然把我看作一个走私犯。
adj. 长的；长时间的；冗长的；长音的
adv. 长久地，长期地；始终
n. 长时间，长时期；长音节
v. 渴望
abbr. 经度，经线
But perhaps not for long.
但这并不会持续太长时间。
It will take a long time to read through this long story.
要读完这长篇故事要花相当长的时间。
propagation of long and very long wave in the ionosphere
电离层长波和超长波传播
The article is too long, it has to be cut.
这篇文章太长了，要删减。
This stuff wears long.
这种料子很经穿。
prep. 在…之前；优于，先于；当面
conj. 在…之前
adv. 先前，从前
Rain before seven;fine before eleven
雨过天晴
They corned their horses before the journey.
他们在启程前用玉米喂马。
The army was arrayed before the commander.
部队在指挥官前列好阵势。
see before you go
三思而行
Bind the sack before it be full
做事应适可而止