生前

The police managed to piece together the jigsaw and reconstruct the victim’s last hours.

警方成功地将线索拼在一起，重现了受害人生前最小时的情况。

He lived well, helping the poor, and all other people; he died penniless and unknown.

他生前讲道德, 总是帮助穷人及所有的人; 来却一文不名, 默默无闻地死了。