after和before
问题描述：
after和before
1.Nearly a week passed bofore the girl was able to explain what had happened her
2.She swam to the shore after spending the whole night in the water.
我想问下这个两个句子怎么翻译.也就是说before 和after是用在主句里面还是从句的?
答
before 和after 都可以做连词.第一句子可以翻译为：一周都过去了,这个女孩也没能解释到底发生了什么事.这个before 往往是指没能.我举个例子：The phone rang off before he could answer it.言下之意就是还没来得及...