prior

英 ['pra??] 美['pra??]

CET4TEM4IELTS考研CET6中頻詞核心詞匯

復數:?priors;

prior 先前的，優先的，小隱修院院長

來自拉丁語prior,先前的，領先的，來自古拉丁語pri,在前，先于，來自PIE*per,向前，詞源同ford,first.-or,比較級后綴。后用于小隱修院院長尊稱。

prior: prior: Prior the ecclesiastical rank [11] and prior ‘previous’ [18] are ultimately the same word. Both go back to Latin prior ‘former, superior’, a comparative formation based on the Old Latin preposition pri ‘before’. This came in postclassical times to be used as a noun meaning ‘superior officer, administrator’, and it was taken over as such into the terminology of the monastic foundations.
prior (adj.): "earlier," 1714, from Latin prior "former, previous, first;" figuratively "superior, better;" as a noun "forefather; superior rank;" comparative of Old Latin pri "before," from PIE *prai-, *prei-, from root *per- (1) "forward, through" (see per).
prior (n.): "superior officer of a religious house or order," late Old English, from Medieval Latin prior "superior officer," noun use of Latin adjective meaning "former, superior" (see prior (adj.)). As short for prior arrest, by 1990, American English.

2. Just phone in your order three or more days prior to departure.: 在出發的三天之前打電話預訂即可。

3. For the prior year, they reported net income of $1.1 million.: 他們公布上一年度純收入為110萬美元。

4. Although not essential, some prior knowledge of statistics is desirable.: 統計學的知識雖非必要，但最好是學過一點。

5. Anglers are required to obtain prior authorization from the park keeper.: 垂釣者必須事先得到公園管理者的許可.