shortly before

基本解释

Shortly before Christmas, there was a non-league match against a team sponsored by an inner city church.
在圣诞节来临之前有一场并非联赛的摔跤比赛，对手是市内教堂资助的一支队伍。
Shortly before their recent wedding they were arrested by the morality police while sitting in their car with their pet chihuahua.
这对新婚夫妇在结婚前不久曾被道德警察逮捕，当时他们正和他们的吉娃娃宠物狗一起坐在车里。
But every time an attempt at Arab-Israeli peacemaking fails, as Barack Obama’s did shortly before Christmas, the peace becomes a little more fragile and the danger of war increases.
但是，每一次阿拉伯和以色列的和平尝试失败，就像奥巴马的圣诞节前不久所做的，让和平变得越来越不现实，战争的危险日益增加一样。

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The spill comes shortly before the start of the fishing season for crab, shrimp and oysters.
A third child was killed in a train accident shortly before Pierce was inaugurated.

Firms ended up paying top dollar for brokers shortly before the financial markets collapsed.
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