preceding
前
常用释义
英音[ prɪˈsiːdɪŋ ]
美音[ prɪˈsiːdɪŋ ]
基本释义
- adj. 先前的，前面的
- v. 在……之前发生（或出现）；走在……前面（precede 的现在分词形式）
考试频率
考研
考频：近六年出现1次
- vt. 在...之前; 先于
例句
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1·As we saw in the preceding chapter, groups can be powerful agents of socialization.如我们在前一章所见，团组可以是社会化的有力动因。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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2·She informed us that eighteen members of the staff had left during the preceding year.她当时告知我们，18位教职员在此前的一年里离开了。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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3·We shall be known better than any preceding generations.我们将比前几代人更出名。
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4·By contrast, they saw in the preceding hundred years from 1650 to1750, when England was still a completely agricultural country.相比之下，在1650年到1750年之前的几百年里，英国还完全是一个农业国家。
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5·Each of the preceding techniques provides the researcher with evidence that the infant can detector discriminate between stimuli.以上每一种技术都为研究者提供了证据，证明婴儿能够识别不同的刺激。
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6·Each of the preceding techniques provides the researcher with evidence that the infant can detect or discriminate between stimuli.上述的每一种技术都为研究者提供了证据，证明婴儿能够察觉或辨别不同的刺激。
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7·He seated himself there, as on the preceding day, surveying from a distance, and clearly making out, the white bonnet, the black dress.和前一天一样，他在那里坐了下来，从远处望着，清清楚楚地认出了那顶白帽子、那件黑裙子。
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8·Writing in the last year of his life, he expressed the opinion that in two or three respects his mind had changed during the preceding twenty or thirty years.他在生命的最后一年，在所写文章中表达了自己这样的想法，他认为在过去的二三十年里，思想在两三个方面发生了变化。
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9·Pay has risen sharply for the highly educated, and those people continue to reap rich rewards into old age because these days the educated elderly are more productive than the preceding generation.受过高等教育的人的工资大幅上涨，而这些人在步入老年后仍能获得丰厚的回报，因为如今受过教育的老年人比上一代人生产力更高。
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10·Each generation surpasses the preceding one.一代更比一代强。来源: 《新英汉大辞典》
同根词
词根：
precede
词语辨析
previous/foregoing/former/preceding/prior.导航词义：先前的
previous:adj. 先前的，以前的.指在当下所提及的事件、时间等之前发生或存在的，通常作定语。
She has a child from a previous marriage.
她前一次婚姻有一个孩子。
He discovered that he had met his new colleague before on three previous occasions.
他发现他以前见过他的新同事3次。
foregoing:adj. 前述的.指事物在讲述、文章等中刚刚提到的，常作定语。
the foregoing examples
上述例证
The foregoing conclusion is based on the following data.
上述结论是根据以下数据得出的。
former:adj. 以前的，从前的.指曾有过某种职务或地位的，也可指发生或存在于过去的。
He has a great interest in books about the former president.
他对和那位前总统有关的书十分感兴趣。
His income has been reduced to half its former amount due to the economic depression.
由于经济萧条，他的收入已减少到以前的一半。
preceding:adj. 在前的，前面的.指在所提时间、地点或部分之前发生或出现的。
The examples in the preceding chapter are used again later.
上一章的例子后面又再次被使用。
Their plan of seeing a movie together on Friday failed because they had a quarrel on the preceding day.
他们周五一起看电影的计划泡汤了，因为他们在前一天吵了一架。
prior:adj. 在前的，较早的.较正式用词，多指先于另一事物或某一时间前存在或安排的。
The discussion requires prior knowledge of the subject.
本次讨论要求事先了解该主题的相关知识。
No employee can be recruited without the prior approval of the manager.
事先未征得经理的同意不可以招收任何员工。