previously

英 ['priːviəsli] 美 ['priːviəsli]

• adv. 先前；在此之前

详尽释义

adv. 副词

1. 以前
2. 事先
3. 不成熟地
4. <美口>仓促地
5. 上面
6. 曾经是
7. 已经...过的
8. 先前地（在时间或顺序上存在或发生在其它别的事之前地）
9. 过去

英英释义

Adverb:

1. at an earlier time or formerly;

   "she had previously lived in Chicago"
   "he was previously president of a bank"
   "better than anything previously proposed"
   "a previously unquestioned attitude"
   "antecedently arranged"
   

例句

用作副词 (adv.)

1. Previously he was obviously envious of my success.
   先前他明显地嫉妒我的成功。
2. His statement ran athwart what was previously said.
   他讲的话与先前所说的相抵触。
3. The land previously cultivated returned to forest.
   以前开垦过的那片土地现在又成了森林了。
4. Who previously held the record?
   这个纪录原先由谁保持？
5. They had officially retired ten years previously.
   他们在此十年前已正式退休。
6. I had visited them three days previously.
   我之前曾探访过他们三天。
7. However, judgments previously rendered shall not be affected.
   但在此以前作出的判决不受影响。

经典引文

• The fiddlers were doing the up bow-stroke previously to..the opening chord.

  出自： T. Hardy

• A despair greater than any she had previously felt.

  出自： L. Appignanesi

词汇搭配

• previous 以前的
• previously stored file 先前存储文件...
• previously stored data 先前存储数据...

近反义词

【近义词】

• before 在 ... 以前
• formerly 以前
• already 已经
• once 一次
• beforehand 预先
• earlier 早的
• in the past 在过去（通常用于一般过去...
• hitherto 到目前为止
• heretofore 以前
• antecedently 在前地