用作形容词

1. This point has been dealt with in theprecedingparagraph.
   这一点在前面一段里已经交代过了。
2. In the years immediatelyprecedingthe outbreak of war in1939, Hitler succeeded in annexing various parts of Europe to Germany without firing a shot.
   在1939年大战爆发的前几年，希特勒没开一抢而成功地把欧洲许多地区併吞为德国领土。
3. He had been in Cuba the preceding summer.
   去年夏天他曾在古巴。
4. The plots of this novel in theprecedingchapters are so complicated that I couldn't follow them.
   这本小说前几章的情节如此複杂,以至于我都看不懂。

辞彙搭配

• precede在 ... 之前
• preceding crop前作
• preceding puck into attacking zone先于球进入攻区...
• preceding depression先行萧条
• preceding endorser前背书人
• preceding fiscal year上一财政年度...
• preceding stage前级
• loss portfolio of the preceding year上年度未决赔款责任...
• preceding office前面的局
• preceding circuit在前面的电路...
• preceding switching前级转换
• preceding channel前列电路
• preceding switch前位,第一位...

词义辨析

• previous foregoing preceding prior former
• 这些形容词均可表示“在前的”之意。
  previous:previous指时间上、顺序上较早的，或指正在谈论的某事的前一个。
• foregoing:foregoing指前所述的，是following的反义词。
• preceding:preceding特指时间和地位上紧接在前。
• prior:prior与previous同义，常可换用，但prior有时强调更大的重要性，对比意味强。
• former:former系latter的反义词，比prior更着重对比。

经典引文

• Mr. George had helped with the team the preceding spring.
  出自：C. Mathewson
• The rejection of neutrality in the preceding chapter.
  出自：J. Raz
• Designers..borrow from the styles of preceding generations.
  出自：New Yorker

反义词

• following