phrase If something is before your time, it happened or existed before you were born or were old enough to remember it: 在…出生前;在…记事前 I don't remember the Beatles - they were before my time.我对甲壳虫乐队没有什么印象——那是我出生前的事。 You won't remember Rachel Thomson - she was before your time. I know the name but she's before my time. It's not really Lauren's sort of music - it's before her time. I didn't recognise any of the songs - a bit before my time. It's before your time, but this place used to be a library twenty or so years ago. See also