beforemath

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. What precedes or produces a particular outcome; events that have yet to occur, or are in the process of occurring.
    — In the dismal beforemath of Tuesday morning's NPIWP meeting — the concentrated essence of dentists' waiting rooms, with a tinge of what condemned men might have felt before the drop — Tappen was brooding on deadlines.

词形变化

beforemaths plural

词源

From before + math (“a mowing”), by analogy with aftermath.
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