thinkofgalileo's17th?centurytrialforhisrebellingbeliefbeforethecatholicchurchorpoetwilliamblake'sharshremarksagainstthemechanisticworldviewofisaacnewton.beforethecatholicchurch为什么用before怎么解

Question

think of galileo's 17th?century trial for his rebelling belief before the catholic church or poet william blake's harsh remarks against the mechanistic worldview of isaac newton.
before the catholic church 为什么用before 怎么解

Answer 1

这里before是“受某人审判”的意思,如brought before the judge = 过堂,受审.
Think of Galileo's 17th century trial for his rebelling belief before the catholic church or poet William Blake's harsh remarks against the mechanistic worldview of Isaac Newton.
想想17世纪教会对伽利略离经叛道思想的审判,或者诗人威廉-布莱克对牛顿机械主义世界观的尖刻评论.