previous

['pri:vjəs]

adj.以前的, 先于, 在 ... 之前

a.

1. 先的, 前的, 以前的[B]

I remember you mentioned the same thing on a previous occasion.

我记得你在以前某个时候提及过同一件事情。

2. 【口】过早的, 过急的[F][(+in/about)]

Don't be too previous about refusing.

不要急于拒绝。

ad.

在前, 在先, 在以前

词形变化

副词: previously | 名词: previousness |

词义辨析

同义:

a.先的, 前的, 以前的

prior  earlier  former  preceding  one-time  

同义参见:

anterior  preliminary  prior  ago  back  sometime  past  

反义:

a.先的, 前的, 以前的

following  

英英释义

形容词 previous:

(used especially of persons) of the immediate past

同义词：former, late

too soon or too hasty

同义词：premature

just preceding something else in time or order

同义词：old

短语词组

previous to

1. 在……以前, 先于

He said that they had paid him a visit two days previous to Easter.

他说他们在复活节前两天拜访过他了。

It happened previous to his arrival there.

事件发生于他到那儿以前。

补充

previousprevious英:[ˈpri:viəs] 美:[ˈpriviəs]adj.1.先前的, 以前的The author mentioned it in the previous paragraph.作者在前一段里提到这件事。2.过早的, 过急的Don't be too previous about refusing.别过急地拒绝。

例句

1. a problem inherited from the previous government前一届政府的遗留问题 2. the previous incarnations claimed by children孩子们所说的前生 3. Did you have any previous knowledge of the case?你之前对这件案子有什么了解吗？ 4. He had children from a previous marriage.他和前妻有孩子。 5. The house had been renovated by the previous owner.前一位房主翻修过这栋房子。 6. in the previous chapter在前一章中 7. I had no previous experience of this type of work.我之前没有做这种工作的经历。 8. He has no previous convictions.他没有前科。 9. His specialty was finding evidence of previous generations in the subsoil of London.他从前的专业是在伦敦地下寻找先人留下的痕迹。 10. previous to 20032003年之前 11. previous to her marriage, she'd always lived with her parents.结婚以前, 她一直和父母生活在一起。 12. He recalled exactly what Bob had told him the previous night.他原原本本回忆了前一晚鲍勃告诉他的一切。 13. I'd been to see the play the previous Saturday.上个星期六我去看了这出戏。 14. It would be a bit previous to claim that it's as vital a service as gas, but Internet access is coming close to that.如果说因特网和汽油一样必不可少的话还有点为时过早, 但是因特网的使用的确变得越来越重要。 15. she looked tired after her exertions of the previous evening.前一天晚上劳累后，她显得很疲劳。 16. tickets will be sold on the same basis as in previous years.票将以前几年相同的原则出售。 17. I admit I may have been a bit previous.我承认我可能有点过急了。 18. he's got previous—theft and wounding.他有前科——盗窃罪和伤害罪。 19. the month previous to publication.出版前的那个月。 20. he seemed to have been in good health previous to the fatal injury.受那场致命伤之前，他的身体状况似乎一直很好。 21. Do you have previous experience of this type of work?你以前做过这种工作吗？ 22. Before I moved to Spain I had previously worked in Italy.我移居西班牙前，曾经在意大利工作。 23. She has a child from a previous marriage.她在上一次婚姻中生过一个孩子。 24. She has made previous attempts to quit smoking. [=she has tried to quit smoking before]她以前曾尝试过戒烟。 25. No previous [=past] experience is necessary.不需要以往的经验。 26. I can't go to the party because of a previous [=prior] engagement. [=because I agreed to be somewhere else before I knew about the party]因预先有约，我不能参加聚会了。 27. "In previous [=past] years, we always went to the beach for vacation."过去我们总去海滩度假。 28. a previous album/book [=an album/book made before the current album/book]之前的专辑/图书 29. The two characters met in a previous chapter.这两个人物在上一章中见面了。 30. the previous owners of the house以前的房主 31. "It was Tuesday, and we'd met for lunch the previous day. [=the day immediately before; Monday]"那天是星期二，前一天吃午饭时我们见过面。 32. "I lived in Boston for a while and previous to [=prior to] that, I lived in Miami."我在波士顿住了一段时间，在那之前，我住在迈阿密。 33. "previously, the state paid for the program."以前这个计划是国家出钱。 34. The author's new book includes some previously published material.作者新书中有些先前出版过的材料。