previous词典解释

1. 以前的，前的，先的，先前的，前面的，以往的
2. 过早的，过急的
3. 前人的
4. 原来的，就有的

1. 在前，在先，在以前， 在...以前

1. just preceding something else in time or order;

   "the previous owner"
   "my old house was larger"
   

2. (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"
   

3. too soon or too hasty;

   "our condemnation of him was a bit previous"
   "a premature judgment"
   

1.先前的；以前的；早先的
Aprevious event or thing is one that happened or existed before the one that you are talking about.

e.g. She has a teenage daughter from aprevious marriage...
她前一段婚姻有一个十几岁的女儿。
e.g. He has noprevious convictions.
他没有前科。

2.上一次的；上一个的
You refer to the period of time or the thing immediately before the one that you are talking about as theprevious one.

e.g. It was a surprisingly dry day after the rain of theprevious week...
上星期刚下过雨，天气却出奇地干燥。
e.g. He recalled exactly what Bob had told him theprevious night.
他清楚记得前一天晚上鲍勃告诉他的话。

• previous to departure在出发之前
• previous to sb's arrival在某人到达之前

• Commanders who had sprung to arms..without any previous military training.

  出自：E. Hemingway

• We had made friends on his previous visit.

  出自：J. F. Lehmann

• ☆ 1625年进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的prvius：pr (之前） + via (路），意为之前的路。