prior [ 'praiə] a.在先的；优先的
prior to 在前，居先，比…在先
prior ['praiə] a. 优先的,在前的
prior ['praiə] a.先验的，优先的
offer subject to prior sale 以提前售出为准的报盘
To ensure punctuality, this barrier may be closed up to one minute prior to departure of each train 为确保准时发车，此门在发车前一分钟关闭。
prior at 在...之前
敬请留意, 我公司对市区的付款日, 订于每周星期三上午11时起至下午3时。但是,我们希望各位债权人至少提前三天派代表与我行接洽清偿金额。
Please note that our pay day for Town Accounts is Wednesday of any Week, between the hours of 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., but we expect creditors to send representatives to agree to amounts for settlement at least three days prior to calling for their cheques.
I was unable to attend the party because of a prior appointment.
由于事前另有所约，我不能参加晚会。
He said that he had no prior knowledge of the meeting.
他说他事先对这次会议 的情况一无所知。
Prior to her marriage, she used to live in London.
她结婚之前住在伦敦。
Prior to my marriage, I lived in New York; now I live in Florida.
我结婚前住在纽约，现在我住在佛罗里达。
I got the news prior to your call, but thank you just the same.
在你打电话之前，我已经得到了消息，但还是谢谢你。
We found out that patients who had been dealt with openly and frankly were better able to cope with the approach of death and finally to reach a true stage of acceptance prior to death.
我们发现那些被公开坦诚地对待的病人在对待死亡的临近和接受死亡的问题上处理得更好。
The offer isn't subject to prior sale.
本报盘以货物未售出为条件。
暗合 [àn hé] /agree without prior consultation/(happen to) coincide/
不谋而合 [bù móu ér hé] /agree without prior consultation/happen to hold the same view/
不约而同 [bù yuē ér tóng] /take the same action or view without prior consultation/happen to coincide/
成心 [chéng xīn] /(adj) deliberate; with prior intent/
打招呼 [dǎ zhāo hu ] /(v) greet sb by word or action/(v) give prior notice/
定向 [dìng xiàng] /(adv) a prior decision as to the direction of one's work/(v) to get a directional fix/
事先 [shì xiān] /in advance/before(hand)/prior/
先 [xiān] /early/prior/former/in advance/first/
预先 [yù xiān] /beforehand/prior/
之前 [zhī qián] /before/prior to/ago/
{adj: anterior, prior} earlier in time
{adj: coin-operated} of devices that do not operate without the prior insertion of one or more coins
"a coin-operated telephone"
{adj: embryonic, embryologic, embryonal} of an organism prior to birth or hatching
"in the embryonic stage"
"embryologic development"
{adj: erstwhile, former, old, onetime, quondam, sometime} belonging to some prior time
"erstwhile friend"
"our former glory"
"the once capital of the state"
"her quondam lover"
{adj: ill-advised, unadvised} without careful prior deliberation or counsel
"ill-advised efforts"
"it would be ill-advised to accept the offer"
"took the unadvised measure of going public with the accusations"
<-> well-advised
{adj: necessary} unavoidably determined by prior circumstances
"the necessary consequences of one's actions"
{adj: premenopausal} prior to menopause
{adj: prerequisite} required as a prior condition or course of study
{adj: then} at a specific prior time
"the then president"
{adj: well-advised, advised} having the benefit of careful prior consideration or counsel
"a well-advised delay in carrying out the plan"
<-> ill-advised
{adv: already} prior to a specified or implied time
"she has already graduated"
<-> not yet
{adv: analytically} by virtue of analysis
"assuming that the distinction is maintained one may ask which is to be analytically prior?"
{adv: extemporaneously, extemporarily, extempore} without prior preparation
"he spoke extemporaneously"
{adv: up to now, to date} prior to the present time
"no suspect has been found to date"
{n: Ancient Greek} the Greek language prior to the Roman Empire
{n: Anglo-Saxon} a native or inhabitant of England prior to the Norman conquest
{n: Briton} an inhabitant of southern Britain prior to the Anglo-Saxon invasions
{n: Celt, Kelt} a member of a European people who once occupied Britain and Spain and Gaul prior to Roman times
{n: Commonwealth of Independent States, CIS} an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991
{n: Deep South} the southeastern region of the United States: South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama and Mississippi and Louisiana; prior to the American Civil War all these states produced cotton and permitted slavery
{n: Finno-Ugric, Finno-Ugrian} a family of Uralic languages indigenous to Scandinavia and Hungary and Russia and western Siberia (prior to the Slavic expansion into those regions)
{n: Giotto, Giotto di Bondone} Florentine painter who gave up the stiff Byzantine style and developed a more naturalistic style; considered the greatest Italian painter prior to the Renaissance (1267-1337)
{n: Minuteman} an American militiaman prior to and during the American Revolution
{n: Old English, Anglo-Saxon} English prior to about 1100
{n: Old High German} High German prior to 1200
{n: Old Saxon} Low German prior to 1200
{n: Pangaea, Pangea} (plate tectonics) a hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland
{n: Paul, Saint Paul, St. Paul, Apostle Paul, Paul the Apostle, Apostle of the Gentiles, Saul, Saul of Tarsus} (New Testament) a Christian missionary to the Gentiles; author of several Epistles in the New Testament; even though Paul was not present at the Last Supper he is considered an apostle
"Paul's name was Saul prior to his conversion to Christianity"
{n: Sparta} an ancient Greek city famous for military prowess; the dominant city of the Peloponnesus prior to the 4th century BC
{n: absentee ballot} (election) a ballot that is cast while absent (usually mailed in prior to election day)
{n: ad-lib} remark made spontaneously without prior preparation
"his ad-libs got him in trouble with the politicians"
{n: anaphylaxis} hypersensitivity reaction to the ingestion or injection of a substance (a protein or drug) resulting from prior contact with a substance
{n: antediluvian, antediluvian patriarch} any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge
{n: anticipatory breach, constructive breach} a breach of contract committed prior to the time of required performance
{n: bachelorhood} the time of a man's life prior to marriage
{n: bier} a stand to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burial
{n: carburetor, carburettor} mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion
{n: cash surrender value} the amount that the insurance company will pay on a given life insurance policy if the policy is cancelled prior to the death of the insured
{n: command processing overhead time, command processing overhead, command overhead, overhead} (computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command
{n: counteroffer} an offer made by someone who has rejected a prior offer
{n: counterreformation} a reformation intended to counter the results of a prior reformation
{n: czar, tsar, tzar} a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917)
{n: diriment impediment} (canon law) an impediment that invalidates a marriage (such as the existence of a prior marriage)
{n: extraction} the act of pulling out (as a tooth)
"the dentist gave her a local anesthetic prior to the extraction"
{n: foreplay, arousal, stimulation} mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse
{n: free state} any state prohibiting slavery prior to the American Civil War
<-> slave state
{n: geological time, geologic time} the time of the physical formation and development of the earth (especially prior to human history)
{n: grandfather clause} an exemption based on circumstances existing prior to the adoption of some policy; used to enfranchise illiterate whites in south after the American Civil War
{n: improvisation} a creation spoken or written or composed extemporaneously (without prior preparation)
{n: inference, illation} the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation
{n: ingress, immersion} (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse
<-> egress, emersion
{n: minority, nonage} any age prior to the legal age
<-> majority
{n: muzhik, moujik, mujik, muzjik} a Russian peasant (especially prior to 1917)
{n: old master} a great European painter prior to 19th century
{n: out-of-court settlement} resolution of a dispute prior to the rendering of a final decision by the trial court
{n: phlebothrombosis, venous thrombosis} thrombosis of a vein without prior inflammation of the vein; associated with sluggish blood flow (as in prolonged bedrest or pregnancy or surgery) or with rapid coagulation of the blood
{n: plow, plough} a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing
{n: pop quiz} a quiz given without prior warning
{n: prechlorination} chlorination prior to another chemical process
{n: preemption, pre-emption} a prior appropriation of something
"the preemption of bandwidth by commercial interests"
{n: premature baby, preterm baby, premature infant, preterm infant, preemie, premie} an infant that is born prior to 37 weeks of gestation
{n: premature labor, premature labour} labor beginning prior to the 37th week of gestation
{n: prepuberty} a period of two years immediately prior to the onset of puberty when growth and changes leading to sexual maturity occur
{n: preseason} a period prior to the beginning of the regular season which is devoted to training and preparation
{n: presupposition} the act of presupposing; a supposition made prior to having knowledge (as for the purpose of argument)
{n: priorship} the office of prior
{n: priory} religious residence in a monastery governed by a prior or a convent governed by a prioress
{n: prior} the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot
{n: protohistory, protoanthropology} the study humans prior to the invention of writing
{n: recognition, acknowledgment, acknowledgement} the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
"the partners were delighted with the recognition of their work"
"she seems to avoid much in the way of recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her own"
{n: reliving, re-experiencing} a recurrence of a prior experience
"the reliving of a strong emotion can be therapeutic"
{n: return} the act of going back to a prior location
"they set out on their return to the base camp"
{n: shaving brush} a brush used to apply lather prior to shaving
{n: short subject} a brief film; often shown prior to showing the feature
{n: sightreader} a performer who reads without preparation or prior acquaintance (as in music)
{n: slave state} any of the southern states in which slavery was legal prior to the American Civil War
<-> free state
{n: strategic warning} (miliatry) a warning prior to the start of a threatening act
{n: subcontract} a contract assigning to another party some obligations of a prior contract
{n: suction curettage, vacuum aspiration} a method of induced abortion; prior to the 14th week of gestation the embryo and placenta are removed by applying suction to the dilated cervix
{n: summary judgment, summary judgement, judgment on the pleadings, judgement on the pleadings} a judgment rendered by the court prior to a verdict because no material issue of fact exists and one party or the other is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law
{n: surgical strike} an attack (usually without prior warning) intended to deal only with a specific target
{v: carry back} deduct a loss or an unused credit from taxable income for a prior period
{v: preexist} exist beforehand or prior to a certain point in time
"Did this condition pre-exist?"
{v: presuppose, suppose} require as a necessary antecedent or precondition
"This step presupposes two prior ones"
{v: scrub, scrub up} wash thoroughly
"surgeons must scrub prior to an operation"
{v: soak} heat a metal prior to working it
" Mrs. " was a courtesy title adopted by Philomena D'Souza when her boyfriend deserted her just prior to her baby's birth. "太太 "是菲洛梅纳·德萨扎给自己的尊称，她的男朋友就在她的婴儿即将出生之际抛弃了她。
He chose Larry, who had an excellent record in sales and had held a management position prior to joining the company.
他选择了拉里，拉里有出色的销售业绩记录，并且在调入本公司之前就担任过管理职务。
Prior to launch their firm, Volume Interactions, received some $3 million in krdl funding.
在开办自己名为 VolumeInteractions 的公司之前，他们已经得到 KRDL 三百万美元的资助。
A month prior AOL had unveiled a massive wireless push that includes alliances with Nokia, Motorola and BellSouth.
一个月前，美国在线推出了一个大规模的无线发展计划，其中包括诺基亚、摩托罗拉和 BellSouth 建立同盟关系。
Prior to Littleton, he might have been dismissed as an improbable one.
在利特尔顿事件发生以前，这个角色可能会被认为不太合。
Besides delicious tea, prior to the Cultural Revolution these historic teahouses hosted lively conversations.
在文化大革命以前，除了美味可口的茶之外，这些传统的茶馆还是生气盎然的谈话场所。
" We toured like lunatics, and tried to bring the house down every night, " recalls Cherfi, who says his only involvement in music prior to Zebda was mimicking James Brown before a mirror.
我们像疯子一样到各地演出，每天晚上都尽力博得听众的喝彩。彻尔弗回忆说。据他说，参加 Zebda 乐队之前，他做的唯一与音乐有关的事情就是照着镜子，模仿詹姆斯 ( FW) 布朗。
Hewlett Packard's new E-services electronically links up buyers and sellers who have had no prior contact and may want to do business with each other only once.
惠普公司的新电子服务能采用电子方式将买卖双方联系起来，而他们彼此以前还从未接触过，却想就此一回做一笔生意。
Another flaw in the Handlins' interpretation is their assumption that prior to the establishment of legal slavery there was no discrimination against Black people.
马里兰州和弗吉尼亚州的立法机构所颁布的几项法案表明情况恰恰相反。
The epoch that geologists know as the Pleistocene and that spanned the 1.5 to 2.0 million years prior to the current geologic epoch was not one long continuous glaciation, but a period of oscillating climate with ice advances punctuated by times of interglacial climate not very different from the climate experienced now.
被地质学家称为更新世（Pleistocene）并横跨了目前地质时代之前一百五十万至二百万年的那一时代，并非是一个漫长的、连绵不断的冰川作用过程，而是一个由波动变化的气候构成的时代，其间，冰川的推进被间冰期（interglacia）气候期不时打断，而这种间冰期气候与我们现在所经历的气候并无太大的差异。
Webb's study illuminates the political alignments that existed in the colonies in the century prior to the American Revolution, but his view of the crown's use of the military as an instrument of colonial policy is not entirely convincing.
韦伯的研究阐明了在美国独立战争之前的那个世纪中，在殖民地所存在的那些政治结盟，但他有关英王将武装部队利用殖民地政策的工具的观点并不全然令人置信。
Prior to the breakthrough at Kobe University, it was known that LDL's are secreted from the liver in the form of a precursor, called very low-density lipoproteins (VLDL's), which carry triglycerides as well as relatively small amounts of cholesterol.
在神户大学的科研突破之前，科学家已经发现，LDL's是一种前体（precursor）的形式从肝脏中分泌出来的，这一前体被称为极低密度脂蛋白（very low-densitylipoproteins，简称V LDL's），并携带着甘油三酯（triglycerides）以及相对少量的胆固醇。
以未售出为准 subject to prior sale
事先知情同意 Prior informed consent
危险废物运输的事先通告 Prior notification for hazardous waste transport
以前年度损益调整 Prior year income adjustment
配额预分配证书 quota prior allocation certificate
Prior distribution 先验分布
Prior probability 先验概率
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