previous

adj.先前的；以前的；过早的；（时间上）稍前的

adv.在先，在…以前

adj.

1. 先前的；以往的
   happening or existing before the event or object that you are talking about
   1. No previous experience is necessary for this job.
      这一工作无需相关的经验。
   2. The car has only had one previous owner.
      这辆汽车以前没换过车主。
   3. She is his daughter from a previous marriage.
      她是他与前妻生的女儿。
   4. I was unable to attend because of a previous engagement.
      我因有约在先，无法出席。
   5. The judge will take into consideration any previous convictions.
      任何前科法官都将予以考虑。
2. （时间上）稍前的
   immediately before the time you are talking about
   1. I couldn't believe it when I heard the news. I'd only seen him the previous day.
      听到这消息时，我不敢相信；我就在前一天还见到过他。

previous 先前的

pre-,在前，via,路，词源同way,trivia.比喻用法。

1. Again the pregnancy was very similar to my previous two
   同样，这次怀孕和我前两次的情形非常相似。
2. I was trying to blank out previous situations from my mind.
   我试图将先前的境遇从大脑中抹去。
3. There are no previous statistics for comparison.
   没有以往的统计数据可供比较。
4. Previous students have had nothing but praise for the course content and staff
   往届学生对课程内容与教员全是赞扬之词。
5. It would just be a continuation of previous visits he has made to Israel.
   这不过是他之前对以色列访问的延续。
6. The previous owners had rescued the building from dereliction.
   这座建筑之前的业主将其从破败不堪的状况中挽救了出来。
7. They have won previous pay disputes with the government
   在先前和政府的工资纠纷中他们赢了。
8. Once the rate rises it never drops back to its previous level
   一旦价格上去了就再也不会降到以前的水平了。
9. The bank foreclosed on the mortgage for his previous home.
   银行取消了他先前住房的抵押赎回权。
10. His previous fusions of jazz, pop and African melodies have proved highly successful.
    事实证明他先前融合了爵士乐、流行乐和非洲旋律的作品非常成功。
11. Our discussion in the previous chapter continues this line of thinking
    我们上一章的讨论延续了这一思路。
12. He had even locked away all the videos of his previous exploits.
    他甚至将记录他以前伟绩的录像带通通锁起来了。
13. The Air France plane lopped over four hours off the previous best time
    法国航空公司的飞机在原来最短航行时间的基础上又缩减了4个多小时。
14. The filing cabinets had all gone with the previous occupants.
    那些文件柜都被之前的用户搬了个精光。
15. The offer of talks with Moscow marks a significant change from the previous western position
    提议与莫斯科举行会谈标志着西方立场的重大转变。
16. Previous attempts at filtering and oxygenating aquarium water had failed.
    之前尝试过几次将鱼缸中的水过滤并充氧，但都没有成功。
17. She has a teenage daughter from a previous marriage
    她前一段婚姻有一个十几岁的女儿。
18. He has no previous convictions.
    他没有前科。
19. It was a surprisingly dry day after the rain of the previous week
    上星期刚下过雨，天气却出奇地干燥。
20. He recalled exactly what Bob had told him the previous night.
    他清楚记得前一天晚上鲍勃告诉他的话。
21. The next day we reviewed the previous day's work.
    第二天，我们仔细检查了头一天的工作。
22. As we have seen in previous chapters, visualization methods are varied.
    我们在前几章已经了解到，可视化方法是多种多样的。
23. The previous year Adolphson had starred in a play in which Ingrid had been an extra
    上一年，阿道夫森在一部戏剧里担任主角，当时英格丽在剧中还只是个临时演员。
24. There have been previous attempts at coups. We regard such methods as entirely unacceptable
    以前也有人试图发动政变。我们绝对不能接受这种做法。
25. He was over a second faster than his previous best time
    他比自己以前的最好成绩快了1秒多。
26. He had just given a trial to a young woman who said she had previous experience
    他刚给了一位声称自己有从业经验的年轻女子一次试用机会。
27. Unemployment benefits are directly related to previous earnings.
    失业救济金的额度与以前的收入有直接关系。
28. The year's harvest is better than any previous year's.
    今年的收成比以往哪年都好。
29. She expressed agreement with the previous speaker.
    她表示同意前一位发言人的意见。