| 词组 | prewar |
| 释义 | prewar Prewar is used primarily as an adjective, but it is also sometimes used as an adverb: • ... the smaller manufacturers who, pre-war, had to be content with crumbs —Scientific American, November 1944 • American railroads, which prewar received 9 per cent of the total steel —Steel Facts, October 1945 • ... more people can afford autos than prewar — Time, 28 Nov. 1949 • Pre-war it was considered bad manners to discuss food while the meal was in progress —Susan Deacon, English Digest, March 1953 • ... food output per person ... was only 2 per cent more than prewar —Times Literary Supp., 5 Mar. 1970 The earliest record (in the OED Supplement) of this adverb is from 1920. It was criticized by Fowler 1926, but it has never caught on as a popular target among usage commentators. The probable reason is that it is too uncommon to attract much notice. |
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