跟我背CET4核心词汇:prior

　　prior

　　1. Other urgent circumstances that require prior execution.

　　因情况紧急需要先予执行的。

　　2. You can only withdraw the money from this account by prior arrangement with the bank.

　　你唯一能够从这个账户取出钱就是事先和这个银行取得安排。

　　3. The textbook delivery time is just two semester prior to three months, almost all of the rest of the time machine.

　　而印教科书的时间一般只是在两个学期开学前的三个月时间，其余时间机器几乎都停着。

　　双语释义

　　1.ADJ You use prior to indicate that something has already happened, or must happen, before another event takes place. 事先的

　　例：He claimed he had no prior knowledge of the protest.

　　他声称他事先对那次抗议一无所知。

　　例：The Constitution requires the president to seek the prior approval of Congress for military action.

　　宪法要求总统寻求国会对军事行动的事先批准。

　　2.ADJ A prior claim or duty is more important than other claims or duties and needs to be dealt with first. 优先的

　　例：The firm I wanted to use had prior commitments.

　　我选择的那家公司有优先承诺。

　　3.N a prior probability 先验的

　　4.N the superior of a house and community in certain religious orders 长老; 德高望重者

　　5.PHRASE If something happens prior to a particular time or event, it happens before that time or event. 在 之前

　　例：A death prior to 65 is considered to be a premature death.

　　65岁以前的死亡被认为是过早死亡。

　　常见用法

　　用作形容词

　　He feels a prior obligation to his job as a journalist.

　　他觉得要优先为他的资讯记者的工作尽职。

　　Generally speaking, individuals who first appropriate part of a water supply have prior claim over those whose appropriation is later in time.

　　一般来说，先使用水资源的人比后使用者拥有更优先的权利。

　　The offer is subject to prior sale.

　　该报盘以未售出前为准。

　　His answer was tinted by his prior knowledge.

　　他的回答说明他先前就有所了解。

　　This task is prior to all others.

　　这项任务比所有其他任务都重要。

　　Constitution is prior to all other laws.

　　宪法比其他一切法律都重要。

　　用作副词

　　The golden octave holds within it all of the prior eight vibrations or planes within its field.

　　金色音阶内掌握着所有在前的八度音阶或它场内所有的层面。

　　The presiding judge can view the arguments of counsel with understanding, for he may have used them himself on a prior day.

　　首席法官可以清楚地理解律师的论点，因为可能就在前一天他自己也在运用它们。