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英[ˈpriːviəs]
美[ˈpriːviəs]

基本释义

adj.
先前的; 以前的; 过早的; (时间上)稍前的
adv.
在先;在…以前

词性变化

实用例句

No previous experience is necessary for this job.

这一工作无需相关的经验。

牛津词典

The car has only had one previous owner.

这辆汽车以前没换过车主。

牛津词典

She is his daughter from a previous marriage.

她是他与前妻生的女儿。

牛津词典

I was unable to attend because of a previous engagement.

我因有约在先,无法出席。

牛津词典

The judge will take into consideration any previous convictions.

任何前科法官都将予以考虑。

牛津词典

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。

牛津词典

The building had previously been used as a hotel.

这座楼房早先曾用作旅馆。

牛津词典

I had visited them three days previously.

我之前曾探访过他们三天。

牛津词典

Previous to this, she'd always been well.

这以前,她身体一向很好。

牛津词典

She has a teenage daughter from a previous marriage...

她前一段婚姻有一个十几岁的女儿。

He has no previous convictions.

他没有前科。

It was a surprisingly dry day after the rain of the previous week...

上星期刚下过雨,天气却出奇地干燥。

He recalled exactly what Bob had told him the previous night.

他清楚记得前一天晚上鲍勃告诉他的话。

I should like to echo the words of the previous speaker.

我想重复前面一位发言者的话.

《简明英汉词典》

He cannot go for he has a previous engagement.

他不能去,因他已先有约会.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

She expressed agreement with the previous speaker.

她表示同意前一位发言人的意见.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

She asked for a printout of the previous year's accounts.

她索要了一份去年账目的打印件.

《简明英汉词典》

You are a little previous in learning English.

你在学习英语上有点过急.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

I can't see you on Monday because I have a previous engagement.

星期一我不能见你,因为我有约在先.

《简明英汉词典》

This question is subsidiary to the previous one.

这个问题是辅助上一个问题的.

《简明英汉词典》

In the moralistic accents of today's leaders we hear echoes of a previous generation's hypocrisy.

在当今领导人的说教腔调中,我们感到了上一代人的伪善.

《简明英汉词典》

Their total grain output still exceeded that of the previous year.

他们的粮食总产量仍超过头一年.

《简明英汉词典》

真题例句

The majority of previous research has focused on how we learn and remember new information.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

Previous behavioural studies have shown that learning new information can lead to forgetting.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

The scientist confirmed the snake was a previously unknown species after conducting a genetic analysis of tissue samples.

出自-2017年6月听力原文

92 were found to have higher nicotine yields than they did six years previously.

出自-2016年6月听力原文

Cracker Jacks has been gamifying its snack food by putting a small prize inside for more than 100 years, he adds, and the turn-ofthe- century steel magnate Charles Schwab is said to have often come into his factory and written the number of tons of steel produced on the past shift on the factory floor, thus motivating the next shift of workers to beat the previous one.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

They work down the list, each task starts when the previous task is completed.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

This disparity (差异) suggests the memory of our previous meal may have a bigger influence on our appetite than the actual size of the meal.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

what would happen at meal time if you remembered eating a lot in the previous meal

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

When you purchase a used print book, it comes with its previous owner's highlights and notes in the margins.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

their production capacity has shrunk to less than half of the previous year

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

Previous to that, I was at university.

出自-2010年12月听力原文

She could use her previous experiences

出自-2010年12月听力原文

A previous Pew Research Center analysis projected that as many as one-in-four of today's young adults may never marry.

2019年6月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

Although economic research and previous survey findings have shown that career interruptions related to motherhood may make it harder for women to advance in their careers and compete for top executive jobs, relatively few adults in the recent survey poin

2019年6月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

Cracker Jacks has been "gamifying" its snack food by putting a small prize inside for more than 100 years, he adds, and the turn-of-the-century steel magnate (巨头 Charles Schwab is said to have often come into his factory and written the number of tons of

2016年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

She also knew from previous work conducted on birds and dolphins that these animals put half of their brains to sleep at a time so that they can rest while remaining alert enough to avoid predators.

2017年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C

They have changed the previous migration habits of certain birds.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

The company had previously announced the planned closures, but had not said which locations would be affected.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

Only 13 percent of respondents said that they were interested in buying a smartwatch in 2016, for example – an increase of just one percent from the previous year despite a year of high-profile launches.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

It did not escape notice that a lobbying firm set up by Lynton Crosby, David Cameron's election campaign director, had previously acted for Philip Morris International.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Previously, scientists noticed pollutants arriving in the Arctic with the wind.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

All the forecasts, plans, and anticipations cited above have failed so miserably because their authors and promoters thought the transitions they hoped to implement would proceed unlike all previous energy transitions, and that their progress could be accelerated in an unprecedented manner.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

This means, of course, that almost all of the books published in the 20th century are still under copyright – and the last century saw more books published than in all previous centuries combined.

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

For the first time in American history, there is the risk that the rising generation will be less well educated than the previous one.

出自-2011年6月阅读原文

The rising generation will be less well educated than the previous one

出自-2011年6月阅读原文

We think it happens to help people preserve their beliefs, so they can still hold on to the previous stereotypes.

出自-2010年6月阅读原文

In previous years, I earned a 99% and a 100%

出自-2010年6月阅读原文

A new study from the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) at Tufts University shows that today's youth vote in larger numbers than previous generations, and a 2008 study from the Center for American Progress adds that increasing numbers of young voters and activists support traditionally liberal causes.

出自-2010年6月阅读原文

It was better than the previous one.

出自-2013年6月听力原文

Its findings are quite contrary to previous research.

出自-2012年12月听力原文

By reflecting on Americans' previous failures in predicting earthquakes.

出自-2010年6月听力原文

A previous study noted that dolphins always 34 consciously control their breathing.

2017年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section A

As Vaclav Smil points out, "All the forecasts, plans, and anticipations cited above have failed so miserably because their authors and promoters thought the transitions they hoped to implement would proceed unlike all previous energy transitions, and that

2015年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

Because previous research has shown that people with high intellectual abilities are better at filtering out distractions, researchers believed students with high ACT scores would not show a significant decrease in performance due to their use of digital

2018年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读

But the new work does go further than previous research and suggests that screen time should still be considered a potential barrier to young people's flourishing.

2019年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

But when our diverse team of researchers from six different disciplines and eight different countries began to review what was known, we were shocked that only a dozen previous studies had been done, including one we ourselves completed on language divers

2018年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

It pays laid-off workers up to half of their previous wages while they look for work.

2016年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

James Burke of Duke University is one of the authors of a study reviewing previous research on cognitive decline.

2016年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

Only 13 percent of respondents said that they were interested in buying a smartwatch in 2016, for example – an increase of just one percent from the previous year despite a year of high-profile launches.

2016年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

Or do they face more challenges than any previous generation?

2019年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

Other churches were conserved in previous years.

2019年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

Some previous studies have suggested that challenging your brain with mentally stimulating activities might help.

2016年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

But compared with previous studies, she finds the speed of breaking down in this one exciting.

2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Despite the previous rounds of talks, no agreement has been reached so far by the two sides.

2015年高考英语天津卷 单项填空 原文

For previous generations, college was decisive break from parental control; guidance and support needed help from people of the same age and from within.

2016年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

If you liked Wallace and Gromit's previous adventures and you appreciate the British sense of humour, you'll love this film.

2015年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

My previous home had a stand of woods behind it and many animals in the backyard.

2015年高考英语四川卷 完形填空 原文

Previous generations concentrated on getting children to school on time, fed, dressed and ready to learn.

2015年高考英语陕西卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Previous studies have also indicated that milk can be excellent for helping sleep because of the calcium content, which helps people to relax.

2016年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

She suffered a lot of defeats at the previous track meets.

2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 选项

The previous trial found that escalators at the station normally carried 2, 500 people between 8:30 am and 9:30 am on a typical day, rising to 3, 250 during the researching period.

2016年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Write another email as swiftly as you can and send it with a brief explaining that this is the correct version and the previous version should be ignored.

2017年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Russell Gray at the University of Auckland and his colleagues consider the evolution of grammars in the light of two previous attempts to find universality in language.

出自-2012年考研翻译原文

Previous studies on CSR have had trouble differentiating these effects because consumers can be affected by all three.

出自-2016年考研阅读原文

In previous eras of drastic technological change, entrepreneurs smoothed the transition by dreaming up ways to combine labor and machines.

出自-2018年考研阅读原文

Dr simonsohn found if the score of the previous candidate in a daily series of interviewees was 0.75 points or more higher than that of the one before that, then the score for the next applicant would drop by an average of 0.075 points.

2013年考研真题(英语一)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

For one trial, each participant was shown a pile of pens that the researcher claimed were from a previous experiment.

2018年考研真题(英语二)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote that the previous decisions were flawed.

2020年考研真题(英语一)翻译 Section Ⅲ

When work started again on Monday, output duly rose compared with the previous Saturday and continued to rise for the next couple of days.

2010年考研真题(英语一)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

英英释义

Adjective
  • 1. (used especially of persons) of the immediate past;

    "the former president"

    "our late President is still very active"

    "the previous occupant of the White House"

  • 2. too soon or too hasty;

    "our condemnation of him was a bit previous"

    "a premature judgment"

  • 3. just preceding something else in time or order;

    "the previous owner"

    "my old house was larger"

同义词辨析

previous, foregoing, preceding, prior, former

这些形容词均可表示"在前的"之意。

  • previous: 指时间上、顺序上较早的,或指正在谈论的某事的前一个。
  • foregoing: 指前所述的,是following的反义词。
  • preceding: 特指时间和地位上紧接在前。
  • prior与previous同义,常可换用,但prior有时强调更大的重要性,对比意味强。
  • former系latter的反义词,比prior更着重对比。

同义词

adj.先的,前的,以前的

formerone-timeearlierprecedingprior

反义词

adj.先的,前的,以前的

following

其他释义

following

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