喜樂美語
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    rB1

    /ˈpriːviəsli/

    at a time before now, or before another time that you are talking about.

    先前；以前

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現， 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

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核心畫面

Picture a point on a timeline and then a step backwards from it. Previously puts what you are saying earlier than that point — earlier than now, or earlier than whatever moment the story has reached.

可以想成：時間線上先定一個點，然後往回退一步。previously 就是把你要說的事放在那個點之前——比現在早，或是…更多收起可以想成：時間線上先定一個點，然後往回退一步。previously 就是把你要說的事放在那個點之前——比現在早，或是比故事講到的那一刻早。

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

previouslyadv/ˈpɹiːvi.əsli/

  • 1

    archaicFirst; beforehand, in advance.

    • I must, however, previously remark, that the power of generalizing ideas, to any great extent, is not very common amongst men or women.
  • 2

    At an earlier time; already.

    • The discovery of a previously unknown species had taken place nearly two years previously.
    • Pliny the Elder, the Roman encyclopedist, declares that to urinate in a spot where a dog has previously done so results in loss of virility.
  • 3

    broadcastingmediatelevisionRecapitulating the preceding episodes of a series.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。