previously

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四级六级 Collins 3

r. at an earlier time or formerly

adv. 先, 先前, 以前, 前, (非正式)过早, 过急, 在前, 在...以前, 在先
[计] 先前地

Collins 星级

Oxford 级别

1,380

BNC 频率

2,313

使用频率

previously 可以分为词根 previous（意为“先前的”）和后缀 -ly（表示副词，意思为“以……方式”）。因此，previously 的意思是“以先前的方式”或“在之前”。

例句

1. I previously lived in New York before moving to San Francisco.

我之前住在纽约，然后搬到了旧金山。

2. She had previously worked at a different company before joining us.

她之前在另一家公司工作过，然后才加入我们。

3. They had previously discussed the project in their last meeting.

他们在上次会议上之前讨论过这个项目。