英语词汇“to be beforehand with”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

to be beforehand with: to act in anticipation of; to act early with regard to; to be prepared for; to outstrip or forestall in action; see also to be beforehand with the world at world n. Phrases 16b.

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the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > occur earlier or go before [verb (intransitive)] > act in advance or anticipate

to be beforehand with1574

to take time, opportunity, etc. by the forelock1589

proact1956

the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > precede or come before [verb (transitive)] > anticipate or forestall

before-takea1382

preventc1425

devance1485

prevenea1500

lurch1530

to take before the bounda1556

to be aforehand with1570

to be beforehand with1574

to meet halfwaya1586

preoccupate1588

forestall1589

fore-run1591

surprise1591

antedate1595

foreprise1597

preoccupy1607

preoccupy1638

pre-act1655

anticipatea1682

obviate1712

to head off1841

beat1847

to beat out1893

pre-empt1957

1574 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Job (new ed.) cxxvi. 647/2 When he forgiueth vs our sinnes, why is it? Not for that we are worthy of it: not for that we are able too bee beforehande with him [Fr. non pas que nous le puissions preuenir].

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) v. vii. 111 Let vs pay the time: but needfull woe, Since it hath beene before hand with our greefes.

1618 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. 30 Then was hee before hand with Pope Alexander..promising likewise to hold it of the Apostolique Sea.

1701 W. Wooton Hist. Rome i. 203 If you are not before-hand with them, you will perish.

1734 J. Dryden & N. Lee Duke of Guise v. i. 71 in N. Lee Dramatick Wks. II. My Time is all ta'en up on Usury; I never am beforehand with my Hours, But every one has Work before it comes.

1778 H. Brooke Charitable Assoc. i. ii. 212 I see Mr. Gadabout has been beforehand with me.

1791 W. Huntington Funeral of Arminianism in Wks. (1811) X. 351 The ancient Prophets were often beforehand with their funerals. The Prophet Isaiah preached the funeral sermon of the King of Babylon some hundred years before he was born.

1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters ix. 222 Like Napoleon, he knew the value of being beforehand with an enemy.

1884 Pop. Sci. May 82 Mr. Spencer must really help us to think further on than he has yet done; or he will find the Christian clergy..will be beforehand with him.

1941 H. F. Stewart Secret of Pascal i. 25 His sister..was beforehand with him and had set him an example.

2010 D. Schneider & C. J. Schneider First Ladies (ed. 3) 375/2 She came across..as a brisk, intelligent, efficient pragmatist who likes to be beforehand with her work.

单词	to be beforehand with
释义	> as lemmas to be beforehand with to be beforehand with: to act in anticipation of; to act early with regard to; to be prepared for; to outstrip or forestall in action; see also to be beforehand with the world at world n. Phrases 16b. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > occur earlier or go before [verb (intransitive)] > act in advance or anticipate to be beforehand with1574 to take time, opportunity, etc. by the forelock1589 proact1956 the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > precede or come before [verb (transitive)] > anticipate or forestall before-takea1382 preventc1425 devance1485 prevenea1500 lurch1530 to take before the bounda1556 to be aforehand with1570 to be beforehand with1574 to meet halfwaya1586 preoccupate1588 forestall1589 fore-run1591 surprise1591 antedate1595 foreprise1597 preoccupy1607 preoccupy1638 pre-act1655 anticipatea1682 obviate1712 to head off1841 beat1847 to beat out1893 pre-empt1957 1574 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Job (new ed.) cxxvi. 647/2 When he forgiueth vs our sinnes, why is it? Not for that we are worthy of it: not for that we are able too bee beforehande with him [Fr. non pas que nous le puissions preuenir]. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) v. vii. 111 Let vs pay the time: but needfull woe, Since it hath beene before hand with our greefes. View more context for this quotation 1618 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. 30 Then was hee before hand with Pope Alexander..promising likewise to hold it of the Apostolique Sea. 1701 W. Wooton Hist. Rome i. 203 If you are not before-hand with them, you will perish. 1734 J. Dryden & N. Lee Duke of Guise v. i. 71 in N. Lee Dramatick Wks. II. My Time is all ta'en up on Usury; I never am beforehand with my Hours, But every one has Work before it comes. 1778 H. Brooke Charitable Assoc. i. ii. 212 I see Mr. Gadabout has been beforehand with me. 1791 W. Huntington Funeral of Arminianism in Wks. (1811) X. 351 The ancient Prophets were often beforehand with their funerals. The Prophet Isaiah preached the funeral sermon of the King of Babylon some hundred years before he was born. 1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters ix. 222 Like Napoleon, he knew the value of being beforehand with an enemy. 1884 Pop. Sci. May 82 Mr. Spencer must really help us to think further on than he has yet done; or he will find the Christian clergy..will be beforehand with him. 1941 H. F. Stewart Secret of Pascal i. 25 His sister..was beforehand with him and had set him an example. 2010 D. Schneider & C. J. Schneider First Ladies (ed. 3) 375/2 She came across..as a brisk, intelligent, efficient pragmatist who likes to be beforehand with her work. extracted from beforehandadv. < as lemmas
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