| 释义 | 
		- adj.先前的;较早的;在前的;优先的
 - n.(小隐修院)院长;(隐修院)会长
 - adv.居先
 - 网络先前技术;现有技术;更重要的
 
 adj.+n. prior quarter,prior commitment,prior right,prior month,prior claim adj. previous,preceding,past,erstwhile,former 1.  | 先前的;较早的;在前的happening or existing before sth else or before a particular time  |  
  | Although not essential, some prior knowledge of statistics is desirable. 统计学的知识虽非必要,但最好是学过一点。  |   | This information must not be disclosed without prior written consent . 未事先征得书面许可,此消息不得泄露。  |   | Visits are by prior arrangement . 参观需要事先安排。  |   | Please give us prior notice if you need an evening meal. 需用晚餐者,请预先通知我们。  |   | She will be unable to attend because of a prior engagement . 因事先有别的安排,她将不能出席。  |  
 2.  | 优先的;占先的;较重要的already existing and therefore more important  |  
  | They have a prior claim to the property. 他们有权优先获得该处房产。  |  
  | during the week prior to the meeting 在开会前的一周内  |  
 1.  | (小隐修院)院长a person who is in charge of a group of monks or nuns living in a priory  |  
 2.  | (隐修院)会长,副院长(in an abbey ) a person next in rank below an abbot or abbess  |  
 adj.  |  |  n.  |  |  adv.  |  |  un.  | 1. 蒲莱尔(Matthew,1664—1721,英国诗人)  |  
 adj.  | 1. earlier in time or sequence 2. more important or basic 3. happening, existing, or done before a particular time  |  n.  | 1. an earlier conviction for a criminal act 2. an officer in a monastery of a rank below abbot 3. a man who is superior in some religious communities 4. a senior magistrate in some medieval Italian republics, especially Florence 5. a man who is in charge of a priory 1. an earlier conviction for a criminal act 2. an officer in a monastery of a rank below abbot 3. a man who is superior in some religious communities 4. a senior magistrate in some medieval Italian republics, especially Florence 5. a man who is in charge of a priory  |  
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