previous经典引文

1. 以前的，前的，先的，先前的，前面的，以往的
2. 过早的，过急的
3. 前人的
4. 原来的，就有的

1. 在前，在先，在以前， 在...以前

1. just preceding something else in time or order;

   "the previous owner"
   "my old house was larger"
   

2. (used especially of persons) of the immediate past;

   "the former president"
   "our late President is still very active"
   "the previous occupant of the White House"
   

3. too soon or too hasty;

   "our condemnation of him was a bit previous"
   "a premature judgment"
   

1.先前的；以前的；早先的
Aprevious event or thing is one that happened or existed before the one that you are talking about.

e.g. She has a teenage daughter from aprevious marriage...
她前一段婚姻有一个十几岁的女儿。
e.g. He has noprevious convictions.
他没有前科。

2.上一次的；上一个的
You refer to the period of time or the thing immediately before the one that you are talking about as theprevious one.

e.g. It was a surprisingly dry day after the rain of theprevious week...
上星期刚下过雨，天气却出奇地干燥。
e.g. He recalled exactly what Bob had told him theprevious night.
他清楚记得前一天晚上鲍勃告诉他的话。

• Commanders who had sprung to arms..without any previous military training.

  出自：E. Hemingway

• We had made friends on his previous visit.

  出自：J. F. Lehmann

找工作

B：What kind of work-related experience do you have?
你有何工作经验？

A：Well, I worked for (two years/ six months/ ten years) as manager at myprevious company.
哦，我在以前的公司做了（两年/六个月/十年）的经理。

求职面试

B：Are you a multi-tasked individual？/ Do you work well under stress or pressure？
你是一位可以同时承担数项工作的人吗？/你能承受工作上的压力吗?

A：Yes, I think so.The trait is needed in my current/previous position and I know I can handle it well.
是的。这种特点就是我目前/先前工作所需要的，我知道我能应付自如。

求职面试

B：What contribution did you make to your current /previous organization？
你对目前/从前的工作单位有何贡献？

A：I have finished three new projects, and I am sure I can apply my experience to this position.
我已经完成三个新项目，我相信我能将我的经验用在 这份工作上。

B：What do you think you are worth to us？
你怎么认为你对我们有价值呢？

previous什么意思

A：I feel I can make some positive contributions to your company in the future.
我觉得我对贵公司能做些积极性的贡献。

B：What make you think you would be a success in this position？
你如何知道你能胜任这份工作？

previous的意思

A：My graduate school training combined with my internship should qualify me for this particular job. I am sure I will be successful.
我在研究所的训练，加上实习工作，使我适合这份工作。我相信我能成功。

previous，foregoing，preceding，prior，former

这些形容词均可表示“在前的”之意。

previous指时间上、顺序上较早的，或指正在谈论的某事的前一个。

foregoing指前所述的，是following的反义词。

preceding特指时间和地位上紧接在前。

prior与previous同义，常可换用，但prior有时强调更大的重要性，对比意味强。

former系latter的反义词，比prior更着重对比。