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prewar

/pree-wawr/US // ˈpriˈwɔr //UK // (ˌpriːˈwɔː, ˈpriːˌwɔː) //

战前,战前的,戰前,战争前

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : before the war: prewar prices.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • The price of chicken dropped precipitously, making it much more ubiquitous than it was in the prewar era.

  • These mirrors were of glass and cost about $1,000 at prewar prices.

  • There was considerable similarity in form, though not in performance, between the Mayfly and the prewar Zeppelin.

  • But the Government was careful not to subject them to the hazards and isolation which the ordinary, prewar settler had to face.

  • The result of all this was a big decline in trade between Western and Eastern Europe, as compared with prewar years.

  • The controls apply to a small percentage of the types of goods which made up East-West trade in the prewar years or in 1948.