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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

预先 [yùxiān]
  1. 1. adverb in advance
    租用会议室,要预先提出申请。
    If you want to hire the meeting room you have to submit a request in advance.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

预先 [yùxiān]
  1. 1. in advance; beforehand
    预先通知
    give advance notice
    预先声明
    state explicitly beforehand
    预先警告
    forewarn
    预先感谢
    thank sb. in anticipation
    你本该预先声明一下,那样就不会有现在这么多麻烦了。
    预先完成了作业。
    预先警告过你,是你执迷不悟。
    谢谢你接下这个活儿,那我就预先感谢您了!

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

预先 [yùxiān]
  1. 1. 在事情发生之前
    预先报告。
    预先准备。
    预先打招呼。

Examples

预先通知
give advance notice 通知
预先声明
state explicitly beforehand 预先
预先警告
forewarn 预先
预先感谢
thank sb. in anticipation 预先
你本该预先声明一下,那样就不会有现在这么多麻烦了。 预先
预先完成了作业。 预先
预先警告过你,是你执迷不悟。 预先
谢谢你接下这个活儿,那我就预先感谢您了! 预先
租用会议室,要预先提出申请。
If you want to hire the meeting room you have to submit a request in advance. 预先
预先付款 付款

Word Decomposition


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nciku Note

预先 vs. 事先

两个词的意思都是“在事情或行动未发生或进行之前”,在句中常做状语,常可以互换使用。
Both the two words mean “before an event or action happens.” They are adverbials and interchangeable.
(1) 为了应对突发情况,命题老师事先(预先)为这次考试准备了两套试题。
(2) 下次出门记得事先(预先)检查东西带齐了没有。
(3) 她预先(事先)告诉过我了。
(4) 因为知道你要来,我预先(事先)帮你安排好了。

“预先”着重于事情发生前的有意识的准备,而“事先”则没有这种意思。对于不可预知的事情,不能用“预先”。
预先 stresses the conscious preparation before a thing happens, while 事先 has no such meaning. Therefore, for unpredictable things, 预先 cannot be used.
(5) 他的病来得非常突然,事先没有一点征兆。
(6) 我事先不知道你要来。

“事先”是名词,还可以后面加上“的”,做定语;而“预先”是副词,只能做状语。
In addition, 事先 is a noun and can be used as a attributive with 的, while 预先 is an adverb and can only be used as an adverbial.
(7) 你事先的想法是这样的吗?
(8) 这一切其实都是事先的安排。

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