Word · Frequency #26352
prewar
战前的
existing or belonging to the time before a war
- 1.
a. existing or belonging to a time before a war
战前的；在战前
In use
My grandmother still lives in the same prewar apartment building near the park.
The museum's prewar photographs show how the city looked before the bombing.
They are restoring the old theater to its prewar condition.
prewar [noun]
prewar 作形容词时通常放在名词前，表示“战前的”。
They bought a prewar house.
他们买了一栋战前的房子。
be + prewar
prewar 也可作表语，说明事物属于战前时期。
This furniture is prewar.
这件家具是战前的。
verb + prewar
prewar 作副词时表示“在战前”，通常放在动词之后。
The building was constructed prewar.
这座建筑建于战前。
Common mistakes
In prewar, few families owned a car.In the prewar period, few families owned a car.
prewar 是形容词（或副词），不是名词，不能单独作介词 in 的宾语；应改为 the prewar period（战前时期），或用副词短语 before the war。
He prewar lived in London.He lived in London prewar.
prewar 作副词表示“在战前”时，应放在句末或句首，不能像中文“战前”那样放在谓语动词前；应写 He lived in London prewar。
Connections
Collocations
- prewar era
- 战前时代
- The photograph captures the city in the prewar era.这张照片展现了该城市战前时代的风貌。
- prewar building
- 战前建筑（尤指二战前的建筑）
- Their office is in a prewar building on Fifth Avenue.他们的办公室位于第五大道一栋战前建筑里。
- prewar period
- 战前时期
- Historians often compare the prewar period with the postwar boom.历史学家常常将战前时期与战后繁荣期作比较。
- prewar architecture
- 战前建筑风格
- The district is known for its elegant prewar architecture.这个街区以其典雅的战前建筑风格而闻名。
- prewar apartment
- 战前公寓（多为二战前建造的老式公寓）
- They bought a spacious prewar apartment with high ceilings.他们买了一间天花板很高的宽敞战前公寓。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：pre（之前）+ war（战争），想象战争爆发前的和平景象，prewar就是“战前的”。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：historical writing、news articles、academic prose 作形容词时通常用于历史叙述或谈论某场战争之前的时期，语气中性，正式文书和日常书面语中都可用，没有明显的口语或俚语色彩。
Pronunciation & Spelling
列出的词都与 prewar 中 -war 的读音押韵：war、postwar、wore、door、floor、more 都以 /wɔːr/（非卷舌口音为 /wɔː/）收尾。注意拼写相似但读音不同的词：ware（如 software）读 /weə(r)/，swear /sweər/，aware /əˈweər/，都不与 -war 押韵；warm /wɔːrm/ 前部分相同，但多了一个 /m/，也不是完整押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT.