"she had previously lived in Chicago"
"he was previously president of a bank"
"better than anything previously proposed"
"a previously unquestioned attitude"
"antecedently arranged"
1.先前;以前
previously means at some time before the period that you are talking about.
previously
e.g. Guyana's railways werepreviously owned by private companies...
圭亚那的铁路以前是归私有企业所有的。
e.g. The contract was awarded to apreviously unknown company...
合同签给了一个之前并不知名的公司。
2.(一段时间)以前
You can usepreviously to say how much earlier one event was than another event.
e.g. He had first entered the House 12 yearspreviously...
12年前,他首次成为议员。
e.g. She had rented the flat from the council some fourteen monthspreviously.
大约14个月以前,她从地方政府那里租下了这套公寓。
1.
1. 在以前:pressesctoexit 敲
2. 以前:previously designated 预先指定的 |previously 以前 |previously 在前
3. 在前:previously 以前 |previously 在前 | prewar 战前
4. 先前:previous 前一个 |previously 先前 | previse 预知
该设备几个月之前曾投入运行。
He may suddenly take a dislike to foods that he's previously enjoyed.对以前爱吃的食物,他兴许突然就没了胃口。
He had first entered the House 12 years previously.12年前,他首次成为议员。
The changed outlook entails higher economic growth than was previously assumed.观念的改变势必会使得经济增长高于之前预计的水平。
The two fighters had previously boxed a 12-round match.这两位拳击手之前已经打了一场12回合的比赛。
Reviews are distilled from articles previously published in the main column.述评是从先前刊登在主要专栏的文章中提炼出来的。
Radiation may damage cells in a way that was previously unforeseen.辐射可能以一种我们过去未能预见到的方式破坏细胞。
Spassky had never previously lost to his antagonist.斯帕斯基以往从未输给过他的对手。
deviation from the previously accepted norms违背事先接受的准则
a previously undiscovered talent以前没被发掘的天才
a species of insect previously unknown to science科学上以前尚未了解的一种昆虫
Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿,解释原先发生了什么.
The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了.
The previously unidentified objects have now been definitely ascertained as being satellites.原来所说的不明飞行物现在已证实是卫星.
previously our mountain area [ region ] is poor and impoverised.先前咱们 山区 很穷.
The fiddlers were doing the up bow-stroke previously to..the opening chord.
出自:T. HardyA despair greater than any she had previously felt.
出自:L. Appignanesi