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preceding

英[prɪ'siːdɪŋ] 美[priː'siːdɪŋ]
  • adj. 在前的;在先的
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详细释义

    adj. (形容词)
    1. [A](时间或地点上)在先的,在前的,前面的 coming just before in time or place

英英释义

Adjective:
  1. existing or coming before

  2. of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office;

    "a retiring member of the board"

双语例句

1. Industrial orders had already fallen in the preceding months.
工业订单在前几个月就已减少。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Repeat the exercises described in the preceding section.
把前一节要求的练习重做一遍。

来自柯林斯例句

3. the years preceding the war
战前的几年

来自《权威词典》

4. The preface to this book is on the preceding page.
前边一页是这本书的序言.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5. Each generation surpasses the preceding one.
一代更比一代强.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. This point has been dealt with in the preceding paragraph.
      这一点在前面一段里已经交代过了。
    2. In the years immediately preceding the outbreak of war in1939, Hitler succeeded in annexing various parts of Europe to Germany without firing a shot.
      在1939年大战爆发的前几年,希特勒没开一抢而成功地把欧洲许多地区并吞为德国领土。
    3. He had been in Cuba the preceding summer.
      去年夏天他曾在古巴。
    用作形容词 (adj.)
    用作定语 ~+ n.
    1. The plots of this novel in the preceding chapters are so complicated that I couldn't follow them.
      这本小说前几章的情节如此复杂,以至于我都看不懂。

用法讲解

previous,foregoing,preceding,prior,former
  • 这些形容词均可表示“在前的”之意。
  • previous指时间上、顺序上较早的,或指正在谈论的某事的前一个。
  • foregoing指前所述的,是following的反义词。
  • preceding特指时间和地位上紧接在前。
  • prior与previous同义,常可换用,但prior有时强调更大的重要性,对比意味强。
  • former系latter的反义词,比prior更着重对比。
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