before times

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The period of time before a defining, often apocalyptic event, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. humorous,plural,plural-only,sometimes
    — The planters refer mournfully to the "before times," by which they describe the old slave days, and contrast them with the hard lines of the present. It is possible that the condition of the negroes has been improved by emancipation, but the state of the owners has greatly deteriorated.
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