| 释义 |
[ pree-wawr ] / ˈpriˈwɔr / SEE SYNONYMS FOR prewar ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivebefore the war: prewar prices. Origin of prewarFirst recorded in 1905–10; pre- + war1 Words nearby prewarprevius, prevocalic, prevocational, Prévost, Prévost d'Exiles, prewar, prewash, prewashed, preworn, prewriting, prexy Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for prewarThe price of chicken dropped precipitously, making it much more ubiquitous than it was in the prewar era. The Economic History of Stereotypes|Megan McArdle|June 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST But the Government was careful not to subject them to the hazards and isolation which the ordinary, prewar settler had to face. The Story of the Great War, Volume VIII (of VIII)|various Odhise Paskal was the only notable sculptor of prewar Albania. Area Handbook for Albania|Eugene K. Keefe There was considerable similarity in form, though not in performance, between the Mayfly and the prewar Zeppelin. A History of Aeronautics|E. Charles Vivian
The physician can do without most of the German drugs, because the prewar demand had been stimulated artificially. The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 2 of 2|Various Unlike the prewar faculties, technical and scientific faculties have had the highest enrollments. Area Handbook for Bulgaria|Eugene K. Keefe, Violeta D. Baluyut, William Giloane, Anne K. Long, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole
British Dictionary definitions for prewar/ (ˌpriːˈwɔː, ˈpriːˌwɔː) /
adjectiveof or occurring in the period before a war, esp before World War I or II Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |