| [/bɪˈjɔnd; bɪˋjɑnd/] prep 用法:
1 at or to a more distant point than (sth) 在或向（某物）的远处:
The new housing estate stretches beyond the playing-fields. 新的住宅区一直延伸到游乐场的那一边. *
The road continues beyond the village up into the hills. 这条路绵延不断越过村子直入山中. 用法:
2 later than (a specified time) 迟於或超过（某一时间）:
It won't go on beyond midnight. 这不会持续到午夜以後. *
I know what I shall be doing for the next three weeks but I haven't thought beyond that. 我知道未来的三个星期我要干什麽, 但再往後我就没想过. *
She carried on teaching well beyond retirement age, ie when she was older than 60. 她早超过了退休年龄（年逾60）仍教书. 用法:
3 not within the range of (sth); surpassing 越出（某事物）范围; 超越:
The bicycle is beyond repair, ie is too badly damaged to repair. 这辆自行车已不能修理了. *
After 25 years the town centre had changed beyond (all) recognition. 25年过去了, 市中心变得认不出来了. *
They're paying 75000 for a small flat it's beyond belief! 他们 要以75000--. *
She's living beyond her means, ie spending more than she earns. 她入不敷出（花的比挣的多）. *
Her skill as a musician is beyond praise, ie of extremely high quality. 她是一个音乐家, 其技巧令人赞叹不已（具有极高的水平）. 用法:
4 except (sth); apart from 除（某事物）以外; 除了:
He's got nothing beyond his state pension. 除 了国家发的养老金, 他一无所有. *
I didn't notice anything beyond his rather strange accent. 除了他那颇为古怪的口音以外, 我没注意到别的. 用法:
5 (idm 习语) be beyond sb (infml) be impossible for sb to imagine, understand or calculate 对於某人来说, 难以想像、理解或估计:
It's beyond me why she wants to marry Geoff. 我不能理解她为什麽要和杰弗结婚. *
How people design computer games is beyond me. 我不明白电脑游戏是怎麽设计的. beyond 2
adv at or to a distance 在远处; 向远方:
Snowdon and the mountains beyond were covered in snow. 斯诺登那边的山到处都是白雪皑皑. *
We must look beyond for signs of change. 我们应该把目光放远, 看到变化的迹象. *
The immediate future is clear, but it's hard to tell what lies beyond. 近期内的情况很清楚, 但很难说以後如何. |