before christ

基本解释

It has taken a long time before Christ consciousness could set foot on earth.
基督意识能在地球上落地生根之前，需要很长一段时间。
blog.sina.com.cn
It may be noted that ceremonies in honour of Cybele began some 250 years before Christ was born.
可以指出，在荣誉之母的仪式开始于公元前250年出生。
The Last Supper, one of the most famous and valuable paintings in the world, depicts the meal shortly before Christ's death when he announced to his disciples that one of them would betray him.
作为世界上最著名和最值钱的画之一，“最后的晚餐”描绘了基督死前的晚餐的情景：基督对着众门徒宣布他们当中有一人将要出卖他。

We in religious studies tend to like these terms, AD rather than BC, Before Christ, and AD, because AD actually stands for Anno Domini, in the year of our Lord.
在宗教研究中我们喜欢用这两个术语，而不用BC，即“基督前“和，因为AD其实是Anno，Domini的缩写，即“主的年份“
耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选
Milton wants to arrive in Bethlehem to hand Christ his poem before the wise men are able to bring their gold and their frankincense and their myrrh.
他想到达伯利恒把他的诗歌亲手交给基督,在术士们拿走他们的黄金,乳香精油和没药树之前。
耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选
Hundreds of years before the birth of Christ, Homer described the fate of the companions of Odysseus who were transformed by a witch into pigs.
在公元前几百年,荷马这样描述奥德赛的几个同伴的命运,一个女巫将他们变成了猪
耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

He shows how easily Christian millennialism declines into anti-Semitism (before Christ's second coming, the Jews must convert).
ECONOMIST: The other millennium bug