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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

previously ['priːvɪəslɪ]
  1. 1. adverb 以前
  2. 2. adverb 10 days previously 10天前

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

previously
  1. 1. adverb 以前
  2. 2. adverb 先前地,在时间顺序存在发生其它别的之前

Examples

The expert calculated that renewable energy will cost far less than previously thought.
这位专家预测,可再生能源的成本会远远低于之前的预期。
This disease has acquired a more deadly attribute than previously seen before.
这种疾病所呈现的危害性比先前看到的更致命。
This is a possibility which has not previously been contemplated.
这是之前没有预料到的一个可能性。
The council had previously agreed on the proposition.
委员会先前已经同意了这个提案。
They fell against the desk that he had been previously sitting on.
他们被他原先坐过的那张书桌给绊倒了。
He had previously seen service in the Oxford City Police.
先前他曾被看见在牛津市警察局服役。
I might switch back to the phone I was previously using.
我可能会换回我原先使用的那个电话。
He adopted wholeheartedly some of the policies that he had previously criticized.
他全心全意地采纳了一些他先前批评过的政策。

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