在这之前，大致上，艺术有其他用途。

Before this, for most, art served other purposes.

为什么呢？因为在这之前乱套了，你看地价和房…

Why? Because before this went wrong, you see land and housing …

在这之前，我们对那段时期的女性形象完全不清楚。

Before this discovery ... female imagery was entirely unknown.

但是在这之前，我必须去耶路撒冷，被交在人的手里。

But before this I must go to Jerusalem and be betrayed into the hands of men.

在这之前，门徒曾经成功驱赶污鬼，但这次却不成功；

The disciples had cast out demons before this, but now they couldn't do it.

在这之前我还看了哑剧《女巫》。今天我感觉很沉静、很安详、很快乐。

Before this I saw The Witches, a pantomime, I felt composed, serene, happy.

在这之前，我从没见过波莱塞，也没和她说过话，但她的回应则是在为我们两人辩护。

Kim and I had never met or spoken before this incident, but she defended both of us.

我每天都检查我的邮件，我希望在这之前收到你的来信。

I check my mail every day and I hoped to have a letter from you sooner than this.

伸展在这之前和之后。

Stretching before and after.

在这之前，他只知道他们的恶名。

Before that , he ' d known them only by reputation