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| 释义 | > as lemmasprevious to Beforehand; previously. previous to: prior to, before (cf. sense A. 1b). ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adverb] erea900 beforeeOE forec1000 toforec1175 therebeforec1200 toforehand1258 forne toc1275 orc1275 andersitha1300 alreadyc1300 rather?1316 beforehandc1330 erstc1330 aforec1350 theretoforea1375 aforehanda1387 forthwitha1400 forwitha1400 or?a1400 ereward14.. toforetimec1400 aforetimes1429 aforetime1433 afore seasons1463 heretoforetime1481 forouth1487 aforrow?a1513 beforrow1568 paravant1590 antecedently1593 formerly1596 precedently1611 preveniently1633 preallably1652 previously1655 precedaneously1657 somewhiles1657 antecedaneously1661 aft1674 prior1675 anteriorly1681 antecedent1690 previous1712 priorly1742 1712 R. Blackmore Creation i. 281 When the crude Embryo careful Nature breeds,..her Energy she darts..Which only does unravel and untwist Th' invelop'd Limbs, that previous there exist. 1783 H. Blair Lect. Rhetoric I. vi. 100 There seems to have been an absolute necessity for Speech, previous to the formation of Society. 1801 M. Edgeworth Prussian Vase in Moral Tales III. 27 The company, previous to his majesty's arrival, were all assembled. 1843 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic I. iii. v. §3 The event not only exists, but begins to exist immediately previous. 1892 W. Gillett Phonograph ii. 11 Previous to taking a record the cylinder has a sheet of tinfoil carefully wrapped round it. 1951 C. R. Noller Textbk. Org. Chem. iv. 53 Previous to 1910, kerosene was the most important product derived from petroleum. 1992 Metro (San Jose, Calif.) 7 May 9/1 Riot police..had clashed with window smashers two nights previous. < as lemmas |
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