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prior adj.优先的；在前的；更重要的adv.居先；在前 (1) 他觉得要优先为他的新闻记者的工作尽职。(2) 一般来说，先使用水资源的人比后使用者拥有更优先的权利。(3) 该报盘以未售出前为准。(4) 他的回答说明他先前就有所了解。(5) 这项任务比所有其他任务都重要。(6) 宪法比其他一切法律都重要。(7) 金色音阶内掌握着所有在前的八度音阶或它场内所有的层面。 This is a formal word that is often used in legal language. A prior claim is a person's right to something that is considered more important or valuable because it came first. If you're looking for a less formal synonym, choose the word previous. Prior is from a Latin word with the same spelling.

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英 ['praɪə(r)] 美 ['praɪər] (1) He feels a prior obligation to his job as a journalist.(2) Generally speaking, individuals who first appropriate part of a water supply have prior claim over those whose appropriation is later in time.(3) The offer is subject to prior sale.(4) His answer was tinted by his prior knowledge.(5) This task is prior to all others.(6) Constitution is prior to all other laws.(7) The golden octave holds within it all of the prior eight vibrations or planes within its field. Generally you should eat dinner prior to going to brushing your teeth. Use the adjective prior for things that exist earlier in time or that happen first in time or order. 1[ADJ 形容词]先前的；在前的；在先的 You use prior to indicate that something has already happened, or must happen, before another event takes place.   [ADJ n]He claimed he had no prior knowledge of the protest...他声称自己事先并不知道这次抗议的事。The Constitution requires the president to seek the prior approval of Congress for military action...宪法规定总统在采取军事行动之前必须获得国会同意。For the prior year, they reported net income of $1.1 million.他们公布上一年度纯收入为110万美元。2[ADJ 形容词]（所有权、责任）更重要的，优先的 A prior claim or duty is more important than other claims or duties and needs to be dealt with first.   [ADJ n]The firm I wanted to use had prior commitments.我想选用的这家公司已有约在先。3[N-COUNT； N-TITLE 可数名词；头衔名词]小修道院院长；大修道院副院长 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[PREP-PHRASE 短语介词]在…之前；先于 If something happens prior to a particular time or event, it happens before that time or event.   [FORMAL 正式]Prior to his Japan trip, he went to New York...在去日本之前，他去了纽约。A man seen hanging around the area prior to the shooting could have been involved.在枪杀案发生之前，有人目睹一位男子在这附近游荡，该男子可能与此案有关。

英语单词	prior
英美音标	英 ['praɪə(r)] 美 ['praɪər]
中文释义	adj.优先的；在前的；更重要的 adv.居先；在前
英语例句	(1) He feels a prior obligation to his job as a journalist. (2) Generally speaking, individuals who first appropriate part of a water supply have prior claim over those whose appropriation is later in time. (3) The offer is subject to prior sale. (4) His answer was tinted by his prior knowledge. (5) This task is prior to all others. (6) Constitution is prior to all other laws. (7) The golden octave holds within it all of the prior eight vibrations or planes within its field.
中文例句	(1) 他觉得要优先为他的新闻记者的工作尽职。 (2) 一般来说，先使用水资源的人比后使用者拥有更优先的权利。 (3) 该报盘以未售出前为准。 (4) 他的回答说明他先前就有所了解。 (5) 这项任务比所有其他任务都重要。 (6) 宪法比其他一切法律都重要。 (7) 金色音阶内掌握着所有在前的八度音阶或它场内所有的层面。
vocabulary简明	Generally you should eat dinner prior to going to brushing your teeth. Use the adjective prior for things that exist earlier in time or that happen first in time or order.
vocabulary扩展	This is a formal word that is often used in legal language. A prior claim is a person's right to something that is considered more important or valuable because it came first. If you're looking for a less formal synonym, choose the word previous. Prior is from a Latin word with the same spelling.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ 形容词]先前的；在前的；在先的 You use prior to indicate that something has already happened, or must happen, before another event takes place. [ADJ n] He claimed he had no prior knowledge of the protest... 他声称自己事先并不知道这次抗议的事。 The Constitution requires the president to seek the prior approval of Congress for military action... 宪法规定总统在采取军事行动之前必须获得国会同意。 For the prior year, they reported net income of $1.1 million. 他们公布上一年度纯收入为110万美元。 2 [ADJ 形容词]（所有权、责任）更重要的，优先的 A prior claim or duty is more important than other claims or duties and needs to be dealt with first. [ADJ n] The firm I wanted to use had prior commitments. 我想选用的这家公司已有约在先。 3 [N-COUNT； N-TITLE 可数名词；头衔名词]小修道院院长；大修道院副院长 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 [PREP-PHRASE 短语介词]在…之前；先于 If something happens prior to a particular time or event, it happens before that time or event. [FORMAL 正式] Prior to his Japan trip, he went to New York... 在去日本之前，他去了纽约。 A man seen hanging around the area prior to the shooting could have been involved. 在枪杀案发生之前，有人目睹一位男子在这附近游荡，该男子可能与此案有关。

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