previous

【发音】

美 /'privɪəs/ 英 /ˈpri:viəs/

【翻译】

1. adj.之前的

   英释:A previous event or thing is one that happened or existed before the one that you are talking about

【记忆】

pre(预先， …前) ＋ vi(路) ＋ ous(…的) → 先的， 前的

【短语】

1. previous year : 前一年

2. previous generation : 前代；当代

3. previous period : 前期

4. previous page : 上一页，前一页；返回上一级菜单

5. previous question : （国会议事程序中作为动议提出的）先决问题

6. previous frame : 上一帧；前一帧

7. previous arrangement : 前次安排

【例句】

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

   她有个出自前一次婚姻的十几岁的女儿。

【真题例句】

1. (2017.6 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...The majority of previous research has focused on how we learn and remember new information...

2. (2015.12 • CET4 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...each task starts when the previous task is completed...

3. (2014.12 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...14% of the re-employed said the pay in their new job was less than half what they earned in their previous job...

4. (2013.6 • CET4 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...it comes with its previous owner's highlights and notes in the margins...

5. (2012.12 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...Learning to live without the guarantee of health is like having to unlearn a previous life...

6. (2009.12 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...the university publicly stressed that in her previous job she had overseen a major strengthening of Yale’s financial position...

【同、近义词】

1. adj.以前的；早先的；过早的

   ago/fore/

2. adv.在先；在…以前

   antecedently/

【同根词】

1. adv

   previously : 以前；预先；仓促地