英语词汇“previous”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

ETYMOLOGYprevious

Origin: 1600-1700 Latin praevius leading the way, from via way

COLLOCATIONS► previous experience

Do you have any previous experience with this type of work?

► previous offenses/convictions

(=things that a criminal has done, or been judged guilty of, before)

► the previous day/week/year etc.

I had met them the previous day.

THESAURUSmost recent, or the nearest one to the present time► last

most recent, or the nearest one to the present time: What was his last job? Who did you go out with last night?

► previous

before this one, or before the one that you are talking about: He has two children from a previous marriage.

► former

formal happening before or having a particular position in the past, but not now: New Zealand is a former British colony. The former president has written a book about his time in office.

► past

the past week, year, few days, etc. is the period of time up until now: The past few months have been very difficult for our family.

► preceding

formal coming before the time you have just mentioned, or the part of something that you are reading now: The preceding chapters have described several key events in recent French history.

► old

informal used, known, or existing before now, but not anymore: His old girlfriend just moved back to town.

单词	previous
释义	previousprevious /ˈpriviəs/ ●●● S2 W2 AWL adjective Etymology ETYMOLOGYprevious Origin: 1600-1700 Latin praevius leading the way, from via way Collocations COLLOCATIONS► previous experience Do you have any previous experience with this type of work? ► previous offenses/convictions (=things that a criminal has done, or been judged guilty of, before) ► the previous day/week/year etc. I had met them the previous day. Thesaurus THESAURUSmost recent, or the nearest one to the present time► last most recent, or the nearest one to the present time: What was his last job? Who did you go out with last night? ► previous before this one, or before the one that you are talking about: He has two children from a previous marriage. ► former formal happening before or having a particular position in the past, but not now: New Zealand is a former British colony. The former president has written a book about his time in office. ► past the past week, year, few days, etc. is the period of time up until now: The past few months have been very difficult for our family. ► preceding formal coming before the time you have just mentioned, or the part of something that you are reading now: The preceding chapters have described several key events in recent French history. ► old informal used, known, or existing before now, but not anymore: His old girlfriend just moved back to town. 1[only before noun] happening or existing before the event, time, or thing that is being mentioned: They had met briefly on two previous occasions. Andy has two children from a previous marriage. Do you have any previous experience with this type of work?previous offenses/convictions (=things that a criminal has done, or been judged guilty of, before)2coming immediately before another person or thing in a series: The trees were planted by the previous owner.the previous day/week/year etc. I had met them the previous day.► see thesaurus at last13previous to something formal before a particular time or event SYN prior to: Previous to 1981 there were no women on the Supreme Court. [Origin: 1600–1700 Latin praevius leading the way, from via way]
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