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['priːvɪəs] or ['privɪəs]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) just preceding something else in time or order; 'the previous owner'; 'my old house was larger' .
(adj.) too soon or too hasty; 'our condemnation of him was a bit previous'; 'a premature judgment' .
整理:奥蒂斯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Going before in time; being or happening before something else; antecedent; prior; as, previous arrangements; a previous illness.
迭戈手打
同義詞及近義詞:
a. Antecedent, prior, former, preceding, anterior, foregoing.
整理:塔尼娅
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Antecedent, prior, preceding, anterior, foregoing, former, earlier
ANT:Subsequent, posterior, succeeding, following, later
卡里校對
解釋/意思:
adj. going before in time: former.—adv. Prē′viously.—n. Prē′viousness antecedence: priority in time.—Previous question a motion made during a debate 'that the main question be now put.' If the decision be 'yes ' the debate is ended and the question put and decided; if it be 'no ' the debate is adjourned in the British parliament but continues in the American assembly.
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例句/造句/用法:
- As I had had some previous experience with the statements of mining men, I concluded I would just send down a small plant and prospect the field before putting up a large one. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The exquisite pain and suffering endured previous to the use of anaesthetics often caused death by exhaustion. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- His last effort was made, when we had looked at our watches, and had got on our legs previous to taking leave. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Take at one dose at 10 o’clock in the morning, having eaten no breakfast and having taken a full dose of Rochelle salts the previous night. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- Pasteur took up the study of anthrax in 1877, verified previous discoveries, and, as we shall see, sought means for the prevention of this pest. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- The twelve precious publications which I had scattered through the house, on the previous day; all returned to me by the doctor's orders! 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- He was anxious to see if she had relapsed since the previous evening. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- Left the house early this morning, without the slightest previous communication with me,' replied Mr. Pickwick. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Dorothea was hurt by this movement following up the previous anger of his tone. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- As implied in a previous chapter, number relations are not clearly grasped by primitive races. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- They must tell their stories without any previous consultation with you, if none has yet taken place (another look at the jury). 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Three other engines competed with the Rocket, two of which had attained great speed on previous trials. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- The office was on the ground floor, and had been a restaurant previous to its occupation by the Western Union Telegraph Company. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- It was but a short time thereafter that he solved the knotty problem by an invention mentioned in a previous chapter. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- This meal over, she resumed honest Rawdon's calculations of the night previous, and surveyed her position. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- They came into this inheritance of a previous civilization with the ideas and traditions of the woodlands still strong in their minds. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- In the previous chapter we found that the primary subject matter of knowing is that contained in learning how to do things of a fairly direct sort. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Is this our previous understanding? 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Mr. Bounderby seemed agreeably surprised, notwithstanding his previous strong conviction. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- His frenzy of the previous day had all calmed down. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- The three Polos started by way of Palestine and not by the Crimea, as in the previous expedition. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- A fine blush having succeeded the previous paleness of her face, he was justified in his belief of her equal improvement in health and beauty. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- She had gone off with a man, and the man was either a lover or was a previous husband--the chances being in favour of the latter. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- The play was the main point; a month's previous drilling being there required. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- It was untouched like the previous sum, and he refolded it in the same way. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- As to sleep, I had dreams of poverty in all sorts of shapes, but I seemed to dream without the previous ceremony of going to sleep. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- In the previous century Mayow had obtained nitric oxide by treating iron with nitric ac id. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- After what has been said in previous chapters, it will not seem so strange that Edison should have hundreds of dormant inventions on his hands. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Considering the risk that person ran, it's likely enough that Mr. Luker purposely misled you, by previous arrangement between them. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- He continued, uttering each word distinctly, calmly, steadily, but not loudly-- It simply consists in the existence of a previous marriage. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
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