previous
adj. 先前的; 以前的; 過早的; (時間上)稍前的
adv. 在先;在…以前
A previous event or thing is one that happened or existed before the one that you are talking about.
She has a teenage daughter from a previous marriage...
她前一段婚姻有一個十幾歲的女兒。
He has no previous convictions.
他沒有前科。
You refer to the period of time or the thing immediately before the one that you are talking about as the previous one.
It was a surprisingly dry day after the rain of the previous week...
上星期剛下過雨,天氣卻出奇地乾燥。
He recalled exactly what Bob had told him the previous night.
他清楚記得前一天晚上鮑勃告訴他的話。
1. (used especially of persons) of the immediate past;
2. too soon or too hasty;
3. just preceding something else in time or order;
previous, foregoing, preceding, prior, former
這些形容詞均可表示"在前的"之意。
previous to
在…以前
I should like to echo the words of the previous speaker.
我想重複前面一位發言者的話.
He cannot go for he has a previous engagement.
他不能去,因他已先有約會.
She expressed agreement with the previous speaker.
她表示同意前一位發言人的意見.
She asked for a printout of the previous year's accounts.
她索要了一份去年賬目的列印件.
You are a little previous in learning English.
你在學習英語上有點過急.