shortly before

基本解释

Shortly before Christmas, there was a non-league match against a team sponsored by an inner city church.
在聖誕節來臨之前有一場竝非聯賽的摔跤比賽，對手是市內教堂資助的一支隊伍。
Shortly before their recent wedding they were arrested by the morality police while sitting in their car with their pet chihuahua.
這對新婚夫婦在結婚前不久曾被道德警察逮捕，儅時他們正和他們的吉娃娃寵物狗一起坐在車裡。
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嘗試失敗，就像奧巴馬的聖誕節前不久所做的，讓和平變得越來越不現實，戰爭的危險日益增加一樣。

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