pre-war

Word family  noun war warfare warrior adjective pre-war ≠ post-war warring

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pre-war /ˌpriː ˈwɔː◂ $ -ˈwɔːr◂/ adjective [usually before noun]  PMWARhappening or existing before a war, especially the Second World War 战前的〔尤指第二次世界大战之前〕 OPP post-war pre-war Britain 战前的英国

Examples from the Corpus

pre-war• There was some pre-war and wartime development but the real growth began in the 1940s.• Tommy did all the pre-war Chapel outings.• But does it exist anywhere outside coiled up rolls of decaying celluloid of pre-war films?• Bert Hall, a true Texan soldier-of-fortune, already had a colourful pre-war flying career behind him.• The last of the pre-war Kindertransporte left Berlin on 31 August.• They feared a post-war depression but wanted a return to pre-war policies.• But that is looking back to pre-war pre-Blitz days.• Different sections of the pre-war work-force suffered from one or the other.

pre-war adjectiveChinese  

happening a before especially Second existing war, or the Corpus

pre-war
pre-war /ˌpriː ˈwɔː◂ $ -ˈwɔːr◂/ adjective [usually before noun]happening or existing before a war, especially the Second World War
   OPP  post-war:
    pre-war Britain

pre-warBrE /ˌpriː ˈwɔː(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˌpriː ˈwɔːr/ 🔊 adjective [usually before noun] happening or existing before a war, especially before the Second World War 战前的；（尤指）第二次世界大战以前的◆the pre-war years战前的年代◆pre-war Britain战前的英国