prior to
之前,之前的,前
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- : preceding in time or in order; earlier or former; previous: A prior agreement prevents me from accepting this.
- : preceding in importance or privilege.
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- : Informal. a prior conviction.
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In some ways, it is a game with all the same key components as prior Zelda games.
You’ve likely tried on both types of garments in your lifetime, so use that prior knowledge to make a decision, and leave the tags on until you’re sure.
“It was a decision our team made prior to the season as a call to action and empowerment against racial inequalities and injustices,” Shay said.
She already was the subject of a terrorism investigation connected to social media posts from years prior.
It’s not like Naz Hillmon was struggling prior to the 2020-21 season.
He was one of few outspoken activists in Syria prior to the uprising that took a place in March of 2011.
In fact, he was in contact with Lansky prior to converging from the hillside onto the streets of Havana.
That gross abuse should be among the products of such all-prior-bets-are-off decision making is hardly surprising.
“In the months prior to that, when we started taking prisoners [in Afghanistan], we were improvising,” he said.
And prior to that day, it shocked me a lot, it shocked me a lot.
This system had been in full operation in both districts prior to the general application of the voluntary system.
Fifteen years prior to the commencement of our story, Dorothy had been found by farmer Rushmere on the wild common fronting them.
A former chapter speaks of promises to pay certain savings by the use of Trevithick's inventions prior to his leaving for America.
Nor can the insured protect himself by canceling the prior policy if he breaks the condition.
He again renewed his offer, and entreated her to allow the marriage ceremony at once to be performed by his brother the prior.