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adjective OPAL WOPAL S
/ˈpriːviəs/
/ˈpriːviəs/
[only before noun]- happening or existing before the event or object that you are talking about
先前的；以往的 - No previous experience is necessary for this job.
这一工作无需相关的经验。 - The car has only had one previous owner.
这辆汽车以前没换过车主。 - She is his daughter from a previous marriage.
她是他与前妻生的女儿。 - I was unable to attend because of a previous engagement.
我因有约在先，无法出席。 - The judge will take into consideration any previous convictions.
任何前科法官都将予以考虑。 - We dealt with this in a previous chapter.
我们在上一章讨论过这个问题。 - We had met on two previous occasions.
我们以前见过两次面。 - Most previous studies have focused on the elderly.
以往的研究大多集中在老年人身上。 - Today's teens are more health conscious than previous generations.
今天的青少年比前几代人更有健康意识。
- No previous experience is necessary for this job.
- immediately before the time you are talking about
（时间上）稍前的 - the previous year/month/week/night
前一年/前一月/前一周/前一夜 - I couldn't believe it when I heard the news. I'd only seen him the previous day.
听到这消息时，我不敢相信；我就在前一天还见到过他。 - He went jogging on Friday, despite the doctor’s warnings the previous day.
尽管医生前一天刚警告过他，可他周五还是去慢跑了。
- the previous year/month/week/night
词源early 17th cent.: from Latin praevius ‘going before’ (from prae ‘before’ + via ‘way’) + -ous.