It is at the heart of his acclaimed trilogy about a couple over the decades: Before Sunrise (1994), Before Sunset (2004) and Before Midnight (2013).

这也是20年前，他倍受欢迎的电影“爱在”系列三部曲之核心：《爱在黎明破晓前》(1994)，《爱在日落黄昏前》(2004)，《爱在午夜降临前》(2013)。

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The announcement sent many motorists scrambling to fill their tanks during the hours before midnight, causing long lines before most gas stations around the country.

油价宣布要调涨后，许多驾驶人赶在午夜前涌入加油站把油加满，国内几乎每家加油站前都大排长龙。

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These people find perverse satisfaction when they finish their taxes minutes before midnight on April 15 and dash to the post office just before it closes.

在三月十五日，当他们在前一天晚上熬夜完成税务工作，然后再邮局关门的最后一秒冲进去。

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This offer was carried to Fort Sumter a few minutes before midnight, April eleventh.

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Every day at midnight God destroys the old soul and replaces it with a new soul that has the very same personality as the one before midnight, similar personality,same beliefs,desires,and so forth and so on.

每天午夜上帝都毁掉旧的灵魂,用一个与午夜前相同人格的灵魂代替，相同的人格，相同的信仰和欲望。

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Engineers say the closure of the Ignalina plant in the town of Visaginas happened on New Year's Eve shortly before midnight local time.

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But Ms. Delpy and her collaborators, actor-writer Ethan Hawke and writer-director Richard Linklater, would go on to create "Before Sunset" (2004) and "Before Midnight, " which opens Friday in New York and Los Angeles after an enthusiastic reception on the festival circuit.

WSJ: 'Before,' and After | Julie Delpy | Cultural Conversation by Martin Johnson

Linklater and Hawke met for weeks to develop the script for "Before Midnight, " she said.

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Obama formally enacted the reductions a few hours before the midnight deadline required by law.

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