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单词 before one's eyes
释义

before one's eyes

English

Alternative forms

  • in front of one's eyes
  • under one's eyes

Prepositional phrase

before one's eyes

  1. In one's plain view.
  2. (especially of a surprising or negative event) Experienced viscerally but with a degree of detachment, often due to being powerless to change the circumstances.
    He saw his life being destroyed before his eyes.

Further reading

  • before one's eyes”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
  • before someone's eyes”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.
  • before your very eyes” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • before your eyes” in the Collins English Dictionary
  • before/in front of/under your eyes” in the Collins English Dictionary
  • in front of someone's (very) eyes” (US) / in front of someone's (very) eyes” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
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