从前 cóngqián (1) ∶往昔,先前 从前香山观有个道士天天讲故事 (2) ∶曾经,一度 从前和她很熟悉,可是现在忘记了她的名字
1.归属于前。《春秋·隐公元年》“元年春王正月” 唐 孔颖达 疏：“及其史官定策，虽有一统，不可半年从前，半年从后。”
2.以前。 唐 刘得仁 《逢吕上山人》诗：“从前枉多病，此后鲜疏名。” 元 任昱 《水仙子·幽居》曲：“想从前错怨天公。” 清 顾炎武 《日知录·士大夫晚年之学》：“夫一生仕宦，投老得闲，正宜进德脩业，以补从前之阙。” 巴金 《寒夜》五：“从前我们都不是这样过日子的。这两年大家都变了。”
从前: [ cóng qián ]
1. previously
2. formerly
其它相关解释:
<beforetime> <ci-devant> <in days gone by> <in the old days> <long since> <once upon a time> <whilom> <aforetime> <when> <on a time> <upon a time> <ages ago> <once> <langsyne> <long ago> <in olden days>
例句与用法:
1. 从前人们在手术前用乙醚来使病人昏睡。
Ether was used formerly to put a patient to sleep before an operation.
2. 从前, 有一位非常美丽的公主。
Once upon a time, there lived a princess who was very beautiful.
3. 从前, 在一个小村庄里住着一位老人。
Once upon a time, there was an old man living in a small village.
4. 我从前没有见过他。
I hadn't seen him previously.
5. 从前医生常常给病人放血。
Doctors used to bleed people when they were ill.
6. 从前有个美丽的公主....
Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess...
7. 从前有一个公主。
Once upon a time there was a princess.
8. 这本书从前很出名, 现在没人看了。
This book was once famous, but nobody reads it today.
英文解释
n.: in days gone by, previously, in the past, in former times, in olden days, in the old days, in days of yore, in days of old, long ago, ages ago, once upon a time, once
adv.: aforetime, whilom, formerly, erstwhile, erst, before, at some indefinite time in the past, beforehand