| 单词 | prior |
| 释义 | prior (praɪəʳ ) Word forms: priors 1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] You use prior to indicate that something has already happened, or must happen, before another event takes place. He claimed he had no prior knowledge of the protest. The Constitution requires the president to seek the prior approval of Congress for military action. For the prior year, they reported net income of $1.1 million. Synonyms: earlier, previous, former, preceding 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A prior claim or duty is more important than other claims or duties and needs to be dealt with first. The firm I wanted to use had prior commitments. 3. countable noun & title noun A prior is a monk who is in charge of a priory or a monk who is the second most important person in a monastery. 4. prior to sth phrase If something happens prior to a particular time or event, it happens before that time or event. [formal] Prior to his Japan trip, he went to New York. Collocations: prior involvement The third source of energy will be people with no prior involvement in politics but enough interest to seek something better. Times, Sunday Times The specialty divisions often simply acquire distribution rights to pictures in which the studio has had no prior involvement. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 No one with prior involvement was to be involved in the decision. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 事先的 Japanese: 前もっての |
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