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Previously Adv 英['Pri:Vɪəslɪ 美[ˈprivɪəslɪ Adv.事先;以前;仓促;“Previous”的派生 先前;以前 Means Time

单词 previously
音标
英['pri:vɪəslɪ] 美[ˈprivɪəslɪ]
解释
adv.事先;以前;仓促;“previous”的派生;
例句

ADV
先前;以前
Previously means at some time before the period that you are talking about.
例:Guyana's railways were previously owned by private companies...圭亚那的铁路以前是归私有企业所有的。
例:The contract was awarded to a previously unknown company...合同签给了一个之前并不知名的公司。

ADV
(一段时间)以前
You can use previously to say how much earlier one event was than another event.
例:He had first entered the House 12 years previously...12年前,他首次成为议员。
例:She had rented the flat from the council some fourteen months previously.大约14个月以前,她从地方政府那里租下了这套公寓。
变形
est:most previously~adj:previous~er:more previously~

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