- (时间接近) around; about:
around the Spring Festival
春节前后
- (自始至终) from start to finish; from beginning to end; altogether:
The novel took a year to write altogether, from start to finish.
这篇小说从动笔到定稿,前后用了一年时间。
He has been here four or five times altogether.
他前后来过四五次。
- (前面和后面) front and back:
be attacked both front and back; be caught between two fires;
受到前后围攻
There are fruit trees in front and at the back of the house.
房子前后都是果树。