foregoing
单词辨析：
指在当下所提及的事件、时间等之前发生或存在的，通常作定语。
She has a child from a previous marriage.
她前一次婚姻有一个孩子。
He discovered that he had met his new colleague before on three previous occasions.
他发现他以前见过他的新同事3次。
指事物在讲述、文章等中刚刚提到的，常作定语。
the foregoing examples
上述例证
The foregoing conclusion is based on the following data.
上述结论是根据以下数据得出的。
指曾有过某种职务或地位的，也可指发生或存在于过去的。
He has a great interest in books about the former president.
他对和那位前总统有关的书十分感兴趣。
His income has been reduced to half its former amount due to the economic depression.
由于经济萧条，他的收入已减少到以前的一半。
指在所提时间、地点或部分之前发生或出现的。
The examples in the preceding chapter are used again later.
上一章的例子后面又再次被使用。
Their plan of seeing a movie together on Friday failed because they had a quarrel on the preceding day.
他们周五一起看电影的计划泡汤了，因为他们在前一天吵了一架。
较正式用词，多指先于另一事物或某一时间前存在或安排的。
The discussion requires prior knowledge of the subject.
本次讨论要求事先了解该主题的相关知识。
No employee can be recruited without the prior approval of the manager.
事先未征得经理的同意不可以招收任何员工。
相关例句：
The foregoing story was by an English writer.
前述的故事是一个英国作家写的。
But even in their foregoing is their pleasure.
然而，他们的放弃即是他们的快乐。
Finally, the foregoing method and theory are applied to analysis of a real building.
最后，将上述方法与理论应用于实际建筑物的分析。
Don't take the foregoing discussion as an excuse not to think about failure conditions.
不要将上述的讨论作为借口而不考虑失败条件。
Creating an original layout-design on the basis of the foregoing purposes of evaluation and analysis of the protected layout-design;
在依据前项评价、分析受保护的布图设计的基础上，创作出具有独创性的布图设计的；
You might think from the foregoing that the French want to phase accents out. Not at all.
根据前文所述，你们可能以为法国人打算废除各种口音。事实并非如此。