Question

preceding adj.在前的；在先的 (1) 这一点在前面一段里已经交代过了。(2) 在1939年大战爆发的前几年，希特勒没开一抢而成功地把欧洲许多地区并吞为德国领土。(3) 去年夏天他曾在古巴。 To cede is to give way, so when you use preceding to describe, say, a person, you’re essentially describing him as the one that just gave way. Previous is a good synonyms. If you are in 11th grade now, you were in 10th grade in the preceding year. And a persistent person will keep asking for something even if "no" has been the answer the 10 preceding times he or she has asked.

Accepted Answer

英 [prɪ'siːdɪŋ] 美 [priː'siːdɪŋ] (1) This point has been dealt with in the preceding paragraph.(2) In the years immediately preceding the outbreak of war in1939, Hitler succeeded in annexing various parts of Europe to Germany without firing a shot.(3) He had been in Cuba the preceding summer. Something is preceding if it comes directly before. The preceding sentence is not so much a definition of the word preceding as a description of it.

英语单词	preceding
英美音标	英 [prɪ'siːdɪŋ] 美 [priː'siːdɪŋ]
中文释义	adj.在前的；在先的
英语例句	(1) This point has been dealt with in the preceding paragraph. (2) In the years immediately preceding the outbreak of war in1939, Hitler succeeded in annexing various parts of Europe to Germany without firing a shot. (3) He had been in Cuba the preceding summer.
中文例句	(1) 这一点在前面一段里已经交代过了。 (2) 在1939年大战爆发的前几年，希特勒没开一抢而成功地把欧洲许多地区并吞为德国领土。 (3) 去年夏天他曾在古巴。
vocabulary简明	Something is preceding if it comes directly before. The preceding sentence is not so much a definition of the word preceding as a description of it.
vocabulary扩展	To cede is to give way, so when you use preceding to describe, say, a person, you’re essentially describing him as the one that just gave way. Previous is a good synonyms. If you are in 11th grade now, you were in 10th grade in the preceding year. And a persistent person will keep asking for something even if "no" has been the answer the 10 preceding times he or she has asked.

Preceding Grade 英 Prɪ'Siːdɪŋ] 美 Priː'Siːdɪŋ Adj.在前的；在先的 Point Dealt