previously多益
多益新增字・持續校對中,發現問題歡迎用頁尾回報
先前地;以前
多益核心副詞,常與形容詞搞混
As I mentioned previously, the meeting has been moved to Friday.

如同我先前提到的,會議已經改到星期五。

pre-源自拉丁文,意思是「在…之前」,previously 就是靠這個字首把動作推回過去。

一個畫面:翻回時間相簿前頁

往回翻頁像翻開相簿,回到更早的一頁
早一格停在現在之前的某一格畫面
對照現在把那張舊照片拿來跟現在比較

義項

翻回舊的一頁B1adverb先前地;以前
He had previously worked as a cook before he became a teacher.
他先前當過廚師,後來才成為老師。
as previously mentionedpreviously known as

片語

as previously mentioned先前提過 →先前已經說過的內容
previously known as改名前身 →改名之前原本的名稱

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He had ___ worked as a cook. (previously / previous)

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previously

previously是副詞,previous是形容詞須接名詞。

'As previously mentioned, the shop closes at 9.' 這句主要在做什麼?(A) 提出新資訊 (B) 提醒先前說過的事 (C) 道歉

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(B)

此片語表示重複先前已說過的內容,不是新資訊。

字族

previous 先前的;以前的

順路看看

formerly更正式,常見於改名說明

延伸練習

回報這個字的錯誤