previously

['pri:vjəsli]

adv.先前, 在此之前

例句与用法：

Our previously opposed views are beginning to converge.

我们原来相互对立的观点开始趋於一致。

The senior civil servant they arrested for spying turned out to be a Trojan horse, planted by enemy intelligence twenty years previously.

他们逮捕的那位因进行间谍活动的高级文职人员，原来是20年前敌人情报机构安插的特洛伊木马。

The land previously cultivated returned to forest.

以前开垦过的那片土地现在又成了森林了。

The star of the film is a previously unknown actor.

这部电影里的明星以前是个默默无闻的演员。

Who previously held the record?

这个纪录原先由谁保持？

词形变化：

副词: previously | 名词: previousness |

详细释义：

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1. 事先; 以前

They had officially retired ten years previously.

他们在此十年前已正式退休。

2. 【美】【口】仓促地; 不成熟地