從前

漢語詞語

從前【cóngqián】

(1)往昔,先前。

(2)曾經,一度。

(3)歸屬於前。

(4)以前。

詞語解釋


(1)往昔,先前。
例:從前香山觀有個道士天天講故事。
(2)曾經,一度。
例:從前和她很熟悉,可是現在忘記了她的名字。
(3)歸屬於前。
例:《春秋·隱公元年》“元年春王正月”唐孔穎達疏:“及其史官定策,雖有一統,不可半年從前,半年從后。”
(4)以前。
例:唐,劉得仁《逢呂上山人》詩:“從前枉多病,此後鮮疏名。”
元任昱《水仙子·幽居》曲:“想從前錯怨天公。”
明 朝鮮李民宬《敬亭先生續集·朝天錄》:“(袁可立)付批牌有曰:‘看得廢立之事,二百年來所未有者,一朝傳聞,豈不駭異。封疆重寄,行文防愼,此自事理當然。而今觀來文,乃悉顛末。效順之誠,既不異於疇昔。優待之禮,應不減於從前。一切款宴、犒賞夫馬等項,已移檄促辦矣。合行諭知云云。’”
顧炎武《日知錄·士大夫晚年之學》:“夫一生仕宦,投老得閑,正宜進德脩業,以補從前之闕。”
巴金寒夜》五:“從前我們都不是這樣過日子的。這兩年大家都變了。”

英文解釋


從前: [ cóng qián ]
1. Previously
2. Formerly
其它相關解釋:
Beforetime;Ci-devant;In days gone by;In the old days;Long since;Once upon a time;Whilom;Aforetime;When;On a time;Upon a time;Ages ago;Once;Langsyne;Long ago;In olden days
例句與用法:
1.從前人們在手術前用乙醚來使病人昏睡。 Ether was used formerly to put a patient to sleep before an operation.
2.從前, 有一位非常美麗的公主。 Once upon a time, there lived a princess who was very beautiful.
3.從前, 在一個小村莊里住著一位老人。 Once upon a time, there was an old man living in a small village.
4.我從前沒有見過他。 I hadn't seen him previously.
5.從前醫生常常給病人放血。 Doctors used to bleed people when they were ill.
6.從前有個美麗的公主.... Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess...
7.從前有一個公主。 Once upon a time there was a princess.
8.這本書從前很出名, 現在沒人看了。 This book was once famous, but nobody reads it today.