The history of the EEOB began long before its foundations were laid.

　　艾森豪威爾行政辦公樓的歷史早在奠基之前就開始了。

　　There were badgers here, I've been told, long before that same city ever came to be.

　　我聽說(shuō)，在同樣的那座城市出現(xiàn)很久以前，這里就有獾子了。

　　He might appear to have died with a bang, but he had long before died with a whimper.

　　他好像是死于一聲槍響，但很早以前，他就已經(jīng)在一聲嗚咽中死去了。

　　I could see the details of people's faces long before they were standing in front of me.

　　早在人們站在我面前之前，我就能看到他們面部的細(xì)節(jié)。