/bɪ'jɒnd; bɪ`jɑnd/
prep
1 at or to a more distant point than (sth) 在或向（某物）的远处
*The new housing estate stretches beyond the playing-fields. 新的住宅区一直延伸到游乐场的那一边.
* The road continues beyond the village up into the hills. 这条路绵延不断越过村子直入山中.
2 later than (a specified time) 迟于或超过（某一时间）
*It won't go on beyond midnight. 这不会持续到午夜以後.
* I know what I shall be doing for the next three weeks but I haven't thought beyond that. 我知道未来的三个星期我要干什么, 但再往後我就没想过.
* She carried on teaching well beyond retirement age, ie when she was older than 60. 她早超过了退休年龄（年逾60）仍教书.
3 not within the range of (sth); surpassing 越出（某事物）范围; 超越
*The bicycle is beyond repair, ie is too badly damaged to repair. 这辆自行车已不能修理了.
* After
25 years the town centre had changed beyond (all) recognition. 25年过去了, 市中心变得认不出来了.
* They're paying
75000 for a small flat it's beyond belief! 他们　要以75000--.
* She's living beyond her means, ie spending more than she earns. 她入不敷出（花的比挣的多）.
* Her skill as a musician is beyond praise, ie of extremely high quality. 她是一个音乐家, 其技巧令人赞叹不已（具有极高的水平）.
4 except (sth); apart from 除（某事物）以外; 除了
*He's got nothing beyond his state pension. 除 了国家发的养老金, 他一无所有.
* I didn't notice anything beyond his rather strange accent. 除了他那颇为古怪的口音以外, 我没注意到别的.
5 (idm 习语) be beyond sb (infml 口) be impossible for sb to imagine, understand or calculate 对于某人来说, 难以想像、理解或估计
*It's beyond me why she wants to marry Geoff. 我不能理解她为什么要和杰弗结婚.
* How people design computer games is beyond me. 我不明白电脑游戏是怎么设计的.

adv at or to a distance 在远处; 向远方
*Snowdon and the mountains beyond were covered in snow. 斯诺登那边的山到处都是白雪皑皑.
* We must look beyond for signs of change. 我们应该把目光放远, 看到变化的迹象.
* The immediate future is clear, but it's hard to tell what lies beyond. 近期内的情况很清楚, 但很难说以後如何.