prior
释义
adj. 优先的；在前的
自然拼读
词态
复数：priors
例句
Some prior experience with the software is needed.
要求事先熟悉这个软件。
No one had prior knowledge of her stunt on the stage.
没有人事先知道她在舞台上有那样的惊人之举。
While we are at it, notice that the prior servers probably do the wrong thing in that they feed each new batch of records only to one client.
在我们这样做的时候，请注意以前的服务器可能会犯错误，因为它们只向一个客户机提供每批新记录。
His own children have a prior claim to the business.
他自己的孩子可以优先获得这家企业。
You do not need any prior knowledge of the subject.
你无需事先具备该方面的知识。
Vegetarian meals are provided by prior agreement.
经事先协商可提供素食。
I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be.
我不定义任何东西，不管是美，还是爱国。每件事在我眼里该是什么就是什么，没有什么优先规则使之应该成为什么。
They have a prior claim to the property.
他们有权优先获得该处房产。
Changes may not be made without the prior approval of the council.
未经委员会事先同意，不得作出改变。
All the arrangements should be completed prior to your departure.
你离开之前一切都要安排好。
词组
prior condition
先决条件
prior approval
事先批准；预先审批；事前批准；事前许可；预先核准
prior art
先前技术
prior period
前期；上期
prior notice
事先通知；预先通报
prior probability
先验概率，事前机率
近义
adv.在前，居先
before
antecedently
adj.[数]优先的；在先的，在前的
preferred
underlying
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真题
考纲分布
adj. 预先的; 优先的
考纲释义
adj. 预先的; 优先的
真题例句
Many people enjoy relaxing music in the evening prior to going to bed.
许多人喜欢在晚上睡觉前听轻松的音乐。
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备考短语
1.prior to
翻译：在…以前；先于；优先于
备考派生词
priority
n. 优先考虑的事；优先；重点；优先通行权
prioritize
v. 优先考虑；给… 以优先权；确定优先次序；按优先顺序列出
1 ...prior to this week's accident...
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2 ...they occur prior to the individual's twenty-second birthday...
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3 ...At the moment candidates are selected on a fairly narrow set of criteria such as prior academic and career performance...
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4 ...such as a family history or prior personal experience with the disease...
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5 ...For many it was a head injury prior to the time they became homeless...
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6 ...found that what distinguished young adults from children was not the ability to retain facts or apply prior knowledge to a new situation but a quality they called preparation for future learning...
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