Prior
['praɪə] or ['praɪɚ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot.
錄入:梅林达--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Preceding in the order of time; former; antecedent; anterior; previous; as, a prior discovery; prior obligation; -- used elliptically in cases like the following: he lived alone [in the time] prior to his marriage.
(a.) The superior of a priory, and next below an abbot in dignity.
整理:佩吉
同義詞及近義詞：
a. Former, preceding, previous, anterior, antecedent, precedent, foregoing, precursory.
唐纳德錄入
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Preceding, previous, former, antecedent, precedent, earlier, anterior,foregoing,[See POSTERIOR]
德洛丽丝整理
解釋/意思:
adj. former: previous: coming before in time.—n. the head of a priory: (in Italy) formerly a chief magistrate:—fem. Prī′oress.—ns. Prī′orāte Prī′orship the government or office of a prior: the time during which a prior is in office; Prior′ity state of being prior or first in time place or rank: preference; Prī′ory a convent of either sex under a prior or prioress and next in rank below an abbey.
整理:奥蒂斯
例句/造句/用法:
- The prior chapters fall logically into three parts. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- An six hundred crowns, said Isaac, the good Prior might well pay to your honoured valours, and never sit less soft in his stall. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- The advance that was brought about by Edison's carbon transmitter will be more apparent if we glance first at the state of the art of telephony prior to his invention. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The discussions of this chapter and the prior one should, however, give an added meaning to those results. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- I will take care of that, reverend Prior, said the Hermit of Copmanhurst; for I will wear them myself. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Fundamentally, the elements involved in a discussion of value have been covered in the prior discussion of aims and interests. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Watson's paper is dated January 21, 1748; Franklin's July 11, 1747; several months prior. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Prior to 1878 the speed of the average spindle was limited to 5,000 revolutions a minute. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- We have already noted that plasticity is the capacity to retain and carry over from prior experience factors which modify subsequent activities. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Ye are mad, my masters, said the Prior; where am I to find such a sum? 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Prior to its adoption steam was admitted to the cylinder during the whole time the piston was making its stroke from one end of the cylinder to the other. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- An object may be contiguous and prior to another, without being considered as its cause. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Holy Virgin, answered the Prior, turning up his eyes in horror, a Jewess! 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Even the common people, the severest critics of the conduct of their betters, had commiseration with the follies of Prior Aymer. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Prior Aymer also assented to the general proposition, observing, however, That the blessed Jerusalem could not indeed be termed a foreign country. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
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