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Previous 音标拼音: [pr'iviəs] a. 早先的,前面的,过急的
ad. 早先,前面 早先的,前面的,过急的早先,前面 previous前画面 previous前 previous adj 1: just preceding something else in time or order; " the previous owner"; " my old house was larger" [ synonym: { previous( a)}, { old}] 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" [ synonym: { former( a)}, { late( a)}, { previous( a)}] 3: too soon or too hasty; " our condemnation of him was a bit previous"; " a premature judgment" [ synonym: { previous( p)}, { premature}] Previous \ Pre" vi* ous\, a. [ L. praevius going before, leading the way; prae before via the way. See { Voyage}.] Going before in time; being or happening before something else; antecedent; prior; as, previous arrangements; a previous illness. [ 1913 Webster] The dull sound . . . previous to the storm, Rolls o' er the muttering earth. -- Thomson. [ 1913 Webster] { Previous question}. ( Parliamentary Practice) See under { Question}, and compare { Closure}. { Previous to}, before; -- often used adverbially for previously. " Previous to publication." -- M. Arnold. " A policy . . . his friends had advised previous to 1710." -- J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Antecedent; preceding; anterior; prior; foregoing; former. [ 1913 Webster] 73 Moby Thesaurus words for " previous": a bit previous, above, advanced, aforementioned, aforesaid, ahead, ancient, ante, antecedent, anterior, anticipatory, before, beforehand, ci- devant, earlier, early, elder, erstwhile, far ahead, first, fore, foregoing, former, forward, half- baked, half- cocked, hasty, ill- considered, immemorial, impulsive, in advance, late, not firm, old, olden, older, once, onetime, overhasty, oversoon, past, precedent, preceding, precipitate, precocious, precurrent, preexistent, prehistoric, premature, previous to, prime, primeval, primitive, prior, prior to, quondam, recent, rushed, senior, sometime, soon, then, too early, too soon, uncrystallized, unjelled, unmatured, unmeditated, unpremeditated, unprepared, unripe, untimely, whilom
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