Long before I ever went there, Africa was alive in my imagination.

早在我去非洲之前，它就栩栩如生地在我的脑海中了。

They were around long before films.

在电影诞生之前，他们就已经出现很久了。

The history of the EEOB began long before its foundations were laid.

艾森豪威尔行政大楼的历史早在奠基之前就开始了。

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。

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。

He retired long before the war.

他在战争之前早就退休了。

Your baby will begin to vocalize long before she can talk.

你的女婴在会说话前很早就要开始咿呀发声了。

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。

It will not be long before the inflation figure starts to fall.

过不了多久，通货膨胀的数字就会开始下降。

It wasn't long before the strain began to tell on our relationship.

很快，这种极度的紧张就开始对我们的关系产生严重影响。

"This should have been decided long before now."—"We can't think of everything."

“这在此前早该定下了。”—“我们不可能事事都考虑。”

There was a deep-rooted racial prejudice long before the two countries went to war.

早在两国交战之前就有了根深蒂固的种族偏见。

I ran up against the problem of getting taken seriously long before I became a writer.

还远没有成为作家我就碰到了得到重视的问题。

I was up long before the sun.

我比太阳起得早。

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。

Long before morning, all was done again.

天还没亮，一切又重新开始。

Most avalanches occur long before this happens.

大多数雪崩在这之前就发生了。

Nor was it long before the little man reappeared.

没过多久，小个子男人又出现了。

It wasn't long before me integrated into my new class.

没过多久，我就融入了新班级。