previous副词

1. 以前的，前的，先的，先前的，前面的，以往的
2. 过早的，过急的
3. 前人的
4. 原来的，就有的

1. 在前，在先，在以前， 在...以前

1. [A]先前的,以前的 coming before in time or order
2. [P]过早的,过急的 acting too soon

1.先前的；以前的；早先的
Aprevious event or thing is one that happened or existed before the one that you are talking about.

e.g. She has a teenage daughter from aprevious marriage...
她前一段婚姻有一个十几岁的女儿。
e.g. He has noprevious convictions.
他没有前科。

2.上一次的；上一个的
You refer to the period of time or the thing immediately before the one that you are talking about as theprevious one.

e.g. It was a surprisingly dry day after the rain of theprevious week...
上星期刚下过雨，天气却出奇地干燥。
e.g. He recalled exactly what Bob had told him theprevious night.
他清楚记得前一天晚上鲍勃告诉他的话。

• previous to departure在出发之前
• previous to sb's arrival在某人到达之前

• Commanders who had sprung to arms..without any previous military training.

  出自：E. Hemingway

• We had made friends on his previous visit.

  出自：J. F. Lehmann

previous，foregoing，preceding，prior，former

这些形容词均可表示“在前的”之意。

previous指时间上、顺序上较早的，或指正在谈论的某事的前一个。

foregoing指前所述的，是following的反义词。

preceding特指时间和地位上紧接在前。

prior与previous同义，常可换用，但prior有时强调更大的重要性，对比意味强。

former系latter的反义词，比prior更着重对比。