prior的中文翻譯是什麼意思

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...

  他聲稱自己事先並不知道這次抗議的事。

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

  憲法規定總統在採取軍事行動之前必須獲得國會同意。

ADJ（所有權、責任）更重要的，優先的

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.

  我想選用的這家公司已有約在先。

N-COUNT; N-TITLE小修道院院長；大修道院副院長

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；先於

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，他去了紐約。

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

  在槍殺案發生之前，有人目睹一位男子在這附近遊蕩，該男子可能與此案有關。