Before he became a power hitter, he had been among the best pitchers of his time.

VOA: special.2011.03.27

Those who embark on the quest for knowledge of the best regime may not return the same people that they were before.

那些开始追寻最优政体知识的人,可能最后,都完全地变了一个人。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

It predicts that the best timing is when the conditioned stimulus, which is the signal, comes before the unconditioned stimulus, which is what you have to prepare for.

它预测，最佳的时机,莫过于作为信号的条件刺激，出现在需要你做准备的，非条件刺激之前。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

The best time is after the ground has frozen but before the coldest weather arrives.

VOA: special.2009.06.30

When someone invented the airplane, before you knew it every country had an airplane because there was a best practice, there was a best technology and it was not unique to any one country.

有人发明了飞机,不知不觉,每个国家都有飞机了,因为这些最佳的设计,这些最好的技术,并不是一个国家所独有的

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Generally,the best time to prune is in late winter, before spring growth starts.

VOA: special.2009.10.06

What all this suggests, then, and this is a point that I really made before, is that the best understanding of the deprivation account doesn't say that what's bad is the mere fact that we're going to die.

这说明，也是我之前强调过的一点，就是对“剥夺解释“的最好的理解,不是说人终将一死的事实,是一件坏事。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Before refrigerators were invented, the next best thing was an ice box.

VOA: special.2009.11.30

And in a moment, I'll ask whether it's the best possible explanation, but before we do turn to that question, there is an objection to this entire way of looking at things that's probably worth pausing for a moment and considering.

而马上,我要问你们这是否是最好的解释,但在我们转向那个问题之前,有一个对这一整套,看待问题的方式的反驳,或许值得我们稍微停留并考虑一番

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

The best time to do this is before storage.

VOA: special.2009.11.30

"Our best success has been in pap smear, for the detection of cervical changes before actually the occurrence of cancer."

VOA: standard.2010.03.25

While new stations that minimize bomb damage are feasible, officials say the best defense is identifying attackers before they can strike.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

Spearmon talks about his race. "Before the race I felt kind of tired and I ran to the best of ability.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

A matter before a court of law is really best handled by waiting to hear a court verdict."

VOA: standard.2009.04.18