prior的中文翻译是什么意思

ADJ先前的；在前的；在先的

You use prior to indicate that something has already happened, or must happen, before another event takes place.

• He claimed he had no prior knowledge of the protest...

  他声称自己事先并不知道这次抗议的事。

• The Constitution requires the president to seek the prior approval of Congress for military action...

  宪法规定总统在采取军事行动之前必须获得国会同意。

ADJ（所有权、责任）更重要的，优先的

A prior claim or duty is more important than other claims or duties and needs to be dealt with first.

• The firm I wanted to use had prior commitments.

  我想选用的这家公司已有约在先。

N-COUNT; N-TITLE小修道院院长；大修道院副院长

A prior is a monk who is in charge of a priory or a monk who is the second most important person in a monastery.

PREP-PHRASE在…之前；先于

If something happens prior to a particular time or event, it happens before that time or event.

• Prior to his Japan trip, he went to New York...

  在去日本之前，他去了纽约。

• A man seen hanging around the area prior to the shooting could have been involved.

  在枪杀案发生之前，有人目睹一位男子在这附近游荡，该男子可能与此案有关。