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(adj.) just preceding something else in time or order; 'the previous owner'; 'my old house was larger' .

(adj.) too soon or too hasty; 'our condemnation of him was a bit previous'; 'a premature judgment' .

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• As I had had some previous experience with the statements of mining men, I concluded I would just send down a small plant and prospect the field before putting up a large one. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The exquisite pain and suffering endured previous to the use of anaesthetics often caused death by exhaustion. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• His last effort was made, when we had looked at our watches, and had got on our legs previous to taking leave. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Take at one dose at 10 o’clock in the morning, having eaten no breakfast and having taken a full dose of Rochelle salts the previous night. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Pasteur took up the study of anthrax in 1877, verified previous discoveries, and, as we shall see, sought means for the prevention of this pest. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• The twelve precious publications which I had scattered through the house, on the previous day; all returned to me by the doctor's orders! 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• He was anxious to see if she had relapsed since the previous evening. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Left the house early this morning, without the slightest previous communication with me,' replied Mr. Pickwick. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Dorothea was hurt by this movement following up the previous anger of his tone. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• As implied in a previous chapter, number relations are not clearly grasped by primitive races. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• They must tell their stories without any previous consultation with you, if none has yet taken place (another look at the jury). 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Three other engines competed with the Rocket, two of which had attained great speed on previous trials. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• The office was on the ground floor, and had been a restaurant previous to its occupation by the Western Union Telegraph Company. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• It was but a short time thereafter that he solved the knotty problem by an invention mentioned in a previous chapter. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• This meal over, she resumed honest Rawdon's calculations of the night previous, and surveyed her position. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• They came into this inheritance of a previous civilization with the ideas and traditions of the woodlands still strong in their minds. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• In the previous chapter we found that the primary subject matter of knowing is that contained in learning how to do things of a fairly direct sort. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Is this our previous understanding? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Mr. Bounderby seemed agreeably surprised, notwithstanding his previous strong conviction. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• His frenzy of the previous day had all calmed down. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• The three Polos started by way of Palestine and not by the Crimea, as in the previous expedition. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• A fine blush having succeeded the previous paleness of her face, he was justified in his belief of her equal improvement in health and beauty. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• She had gone off with a man, and the man was either a lover or was a previous husband--the chances being in favour of the latter. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• The play was the main point; a month's previous drilling being there required. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• It was untouched like the previous sum, and he refolded it in the same way. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• As to sleep, I had dreams of poverty in all sorts of shapes, but I seemed to dream without the previous ceremony of going to sleep. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• In the previous century Mayow had obtained nitric oxide by treating iron with nitric ac id. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• After what has been said in previous chapters, it will not seem so strange that Edison should have hundreds of dormant inventions on his hands. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Considering the risk that person ran, it's likely enough that Mr. Luker purposely misled you, by previous arrangement between them. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• He continued, uttering each word distinctly, calmly, steadily, but not loudly-- It simply consists in the existence of a previous marriage. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.

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