Question

It was not long....before的用法

t was not long before he was born that his mother died. 在他出生后不久她的母亲死了。 It was not long before he realized the fact.又是何意..before是“在.？ 为什么老师说it was not long ...后不久”的解释啊

Answer 1

It
was
not
long
before
he
was
born
that
his
mother
died.
这句话是一句强调句，它本身实际上已经不属于“It
was
not
long....before”的结构。
注意这里是it+动词be+that的结构，是强调句形式。强调句有一个特点：去掉it
was
以及后面的that之后句子的意思没有变化。因此这句话可以改为：
Not
long
before
he
was
born
his
mother
died.
It
was
not
long
before
he
realized
the
fact这句话可以分开来理解：It
was
not
long表示时间并不长；before是指在××之前；he
realized
the
fact他知道真相。全句话的意思也比较简单：他刚刚知道真相。