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previously

['pri:vjəsli]

adv.先前, 在此之前

例句與用法：

Our previously opposed views are beginning to converge.

我們原來相互對立的觀點開始趨於一致。

The senior civil servant they arrested for spying turned out to be a Trojan horse, planted by enemy intelligence twenty years previously.

他們逮捕的那位因進行間諜活動的高級文職人員，原來是20年前敵人情報機構安插的特洛伊木馬。

The land previously cultivated returned to forest.

以前開墾過的那片土地現在又成了森林了。

The star of the film is a previously unknown actor.

這部電影裡的明星以前是個默默無聞的演員。

Who previously held the record?

這個紀錄原先由誰保持？

英文解釋:

副詞 previously:

at an earlier time or formerly

同義詞：antecedently

以上來源於大辭典