previous，foregoing，preceding，prior，former
这些形容词都可表示“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。
- 词义辨析
- 双语例句
1、
She is very virulent about her former employer.
她对她过去的老板恨之入骨.
——《简明英汉词典》
2、
Of the two the latter is better than the former.
二者中后者比前者好.
——《现代英汉综合大词典》
3、
That forceful young woman edged out the former headmaster and is now headmaster herself.
那个强硬的年轻女人排挤走了前任校长,她现在自己当校长.
——《简明英汉词典》
4、
When he became rich, he broke with his former friends.
他发财后与原来的朋友都绝交了.
——《简明英汉词典》
5、
A former loafter, he is now an advanced worker.
他这个昔日浪子, 今日成了先进工作者.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
6、
These ruins sufficiently attest the former grandeur of the place.
这些遗迹充分证明此处昔日的宏伟.
——《现代汉英综合大词典》
7、
The former owner had not left any forwarding address.
以前的房主没有留下任何转递地址。
——柯林斯例句
8、
A former Finance Minister and five senior civil servants are accused of fraud.
一名前财政大臣和五名高级公务员被指控诈骗。
——柯林斯例句
9、
Accusations of harbouring suspects were raised against the former Hungarian leadership.
匈牙利前领导层被指控窝藏嫌犯。
柯林斯例句
10、
She has become a grotesque parody of her former elegant self.
她成为了以前那个举止优雅的自己的怪诞模仿品.
——《简明英汉词典》
11、
It will take a lot of repair work before the theatre regains its former splendour.
要想剧院重拾昔日的辉煌,必须进行大规模整修.
——《简明英汉词典》
12、
India was Britain's former overseas possession.
印度是英国过去的海外领地.
——《简明英汉词典》
13、
He campaigned relentlessly to bring charges of corruption against former members of the government.
为了将前政府成员以贪污腐败的罪名送上法庭，他持续不懈地奔走游说。
——柯林斯例句
14、
When a marriage ends, the former husband and wife often contend over the children.
夫妇双方在婚姻破裂后, 往往会争夺子女.
——《简明英汉词典》
15、
He'll go to great lengths to get his child back from his former wife.
不管花多大力气,他都要把孩子从前妻那里要回来.
——《简明英汉词典》
16、
He's a former champion and is expected to win the bout.
他是上届冠军,预期会赢得比赛.
——《简明英汉词典》
17、
He duplicated his former mistakes.
他又犯了和以前一样的错误.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
18、
How long can she dine out on her former success?
她靠往日的成功而享名的日子能有多久 呢 ?
——《简明英汉词典》
19、
He found it demeaning to work for his former employee.
他觉得为自己以前的雇员工作有失体面。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
20、
He split with one of his former friends.
他和以前的一个老朋友断绝关系.
——《简明英汉词典》
21、
A former associate of Mr. Pierce's was among the project's boosters.
皮尔斯先生的一个前合伙人是这个计划的热心支持者之一。
——柯林斯例句
22、
the countries of the former Soviet Union
前苏联加盟共和国
——《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
23、
In 1918 the Romanian majority in this former tsarist province voted for union with Romania.
1918年，这个前沙皇统治的省份中占了多数的罗马尼亚人投票赞成与罗马尼亚合并。
——柯林斯例句
24、
In former times parts of India were ruled by princes.
从前印度的一些地区由许多王公统治.
——《简明英汉词典》
25、
The robins occupied their former nest.
那些知更鸟占了它们的老窝.
——《现代汉英综合大词典》
26、
Does he have references from former employers?
他有以前的雇主写的证明 吗 ?
——《简明英汉词典》
27、
Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.
朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅.
——《简明英汉词典》
28、
To the former Belgian colonizers, Rwanda was a paradise.
对于以前的比利时殖民者来说，卢旺达就是个天堂。
——柯林斯例句
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