| 词组 | be before your time |
| 释义 | Idiom be before your timebe before (your) time if something was before your time, it happened before you were born or before you were involved with a person or thing.'Do you remember the Watergate scandal?' 'No, that was before my time.' be ahead of (someone or something's) timeTo be more innovative than can be properly appreciated during the time that someone or something is producing such innovation. He was really ahead of his time with this music—critics in the 1970s just couldn't see it. That show was really ahead of its time tackling issues like that. be in advance of (someone or something's) timeTo be more innovative than can be properly appreciated during the time that someone or something is producing such innovation. He was really in advance of his time with this music—critics in the 1970s just couldn't see it. be ahead of/before/in advance of your ˈtimehave ideas or invent things before people are ready to accept them: He was sure that it was possible to fly to the moon, but he was ahead of his time and people laughed at him.She was a feminist before her time. OPPOSITE: be behind the times |
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