There were badgers here, I've been told, long before that same city ever came to be.
我听说，在同样的那座城市出现很久以前，这里就有獾子了。
He might appear to have died with a bang, but he had long before died with a whimper.
他好像是死于一声枪响，但很早以前，他就已经在一声呜咽中死去了。
I could see the details of people's faces long before they were standing in front of me.
早在人们站在我面前之前，我就能看到他们面部的细节。
Long before Man lived on the Earth, there were fishes, reptiles, birds, insects, and some mammals.
在人类出现很早以前，地球上就出现了鱼类、爬虫类、鸟类和一些哺乳动物。
But long before that even, people were experimenting with ways to modify traditional acoustic guitars.
但甚至早在那之前，人们就已经在试验改良传统原声吉他的方法了。
The trend toward rationality and enlightenment was endangered long before the advent of the World Wide Web.
远在万维网出现之前，理性和启蒙的趋势就已受到了威胁。
We ran across open ground, then scrambled over broken rock that men had ejected from the mountain long before.
我们跑着穿过空地，然后攀登越过人们在很久以前从山上搬下来的碎石块。
The book he's trying to read goes back to long before even the first word was written, and it is a story of migration.
他尝试阅读的这本书可以追溯到很久以前，甚至在第一个字被写出来之前，这是一个关于移民的故事。
It's understandable that this was before 1879 which was when Red Cliff was founded, and long before Harvard became co-ed.
可以理解的是，那是1879年之前，雷德克利夫学院刚成立，并且远在哈佛成为男女合校之前。
He seems to have known something about the modern economic theory of society long before modern economics was even developed.
他似乎早在现代经济学发展之前就对现代社会经济理论有所了解。
Now, British research psychologist Gram Shaffer has discovered that infants can learn words or uncommon things long before they can speak.
现在，英国心理学家格兰姆·谢弗发现，早在婴儿会说话之前，他们就能学习单词或一些不寻常的事物。
"The indoor environment was dirty long before energy conservation came along," says Moschandreas, a pollution scientist at Geomet Technologies in Maryland.
马里兰州交美特科技公司的莫斯坎瑞斯，一位专门研究污染的科学家，说：“早在节能技术出现之前，室内环境就已经很脏了。”
Shoppers began arriving long before the 10am opening time.
离上午10点开门时间还早，顾客就陆陆续续地来了。
It was not long before I realized the enormity of my faux pas.
没过多久我就发现了我有多么的失礼。
We had not sat long before another person came in.
我们没坐多久，又进来了一个人。
Recycled art began long before people began to think about recycling.
早在人们开始考虑回收利用之前，回收艺术品就已经出现了。
Time flies! It won't be long before we say goodbye to our beloved school!
时间过得真快啊！不久我们就要和我们心爱的学校说再见了！
It didn't take long before Kai was beloved by all her new neighbors here.
没过多久，这里所有的邻居都很喜欢凯。
They often feel discouraged long before trying to solve the problem, even if small.
他们经常在尝试解决问题之前就早早感到气馁，即使问题很小。
She knew that it could take long before she gained some progress, but Zhu believed that as long as she continues to work hard, she will achieve more success.
她知道要取得一些进步可能需要很长时间，但朱相信，只要继续努力就会取得更大的成功。
It is a long time after they separated, but it won't be long before they meet again.
他们已经分开很长时间了，但不久他们就会再次见面。
Sadly, the pleasure that comes from extravagances often disappears long before the bills do.
可悲的是，奢侈带来的快乐往往远比账单消失得早。
Long before the end of the hour, the work was quite done, and all flew out again at the windows.
不到一个钟头，活儿就干完了，大家又飞到窗口去了。
Originally it was said that the actress committed suicide, but it was not long before doubts began to surface.
最初有人说这位女演员是自杀的，但没过多久人们就开始有所怀疑。
Lyell's evolutionary approach is intrinsically limited because Earth existed long before life and evolution began.
莱尔的进化方法本质上是受限制的，因为地球早在生命和进化开始之前就存在了。
Similarly, less urbanized countries such as Cambodia and Ghana had voting rights for women long before Switzerland did.
同样，在柬埔寨和加纳等城市化程度较低的国家，妇女拥有投票权的时间比瑞士的要早得多。
It taught him how to think independently and abstractly about space and time, and it wasn't long before he became a philosopher himself.
它教会了他如何独立、抽象地思考空间和时间，没过多久，他自己也成为了一名哲学家。
Long before the use of machinery and fertilizers, industrious and creative farmers had already used different kinds of methods to increase crop yields.
早在使用机械和化肥之前，勤劳和富有创造性的中国农民就已经采用各种各样的方法来增加农作物产量。
Long before Western science became enthralled with this nocturnal denizen of Madagascar's jungles, the aye-aye had its own reputation with the local people.
早在西方科学界对马达加斯加丛林中的这种夜行动物着迷之前，这种栗鼠猴就已经在当地人心中小有名气。
Nor do the oral histories and traditions of later Polynesians offer any insights, for they turn into myths long before they reach as far back in time as the Lapita.
后来的波利尼西亚人的口述历史和传统也没有提供任何见解，因为它们早在追溯到拉皮塔人的时代之前就已经成为神话。
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