shortly before ..

• 之前不久

shortly before ..的用法和样例：

例句

1. Not, long before Heinz showed up, the Seals had noticed that Tex appeared to be losing his eyesight.
   海因茨出现之前不久，西尔夫妇已经注意到特克斯的视力越来越弱。
2. Shortly before she took Daddy back, I went down to the courthouse and had my name changed legally from Blythe to Clinton, the name I had been using for years.
   就在她把老爸接回来之前不久，我曾前往法院，正式把布莱斯这个我用了很多年的姓改为克林顿。