prior是什么意思_prior怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

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.

词态变化

复数 priors;

2. Just phone in your order three or more days prior to departure.: 在出发的三天之前打电话预订即可。

3. For the prior year, they reported net income of $1.1 million.: 他们公布上一年度纯收入为110万美元。

4. 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。

5. Anglers are required to obtain prior authorization from the park keeper.: 垂钓者必须事先得到公园管理者的许可.

earlier

former

prior to adv.在…之前，比…在先；先于

be prior to 在……之前

prior period 前期

sequence of prior distributions 先验分布序列

payment prior to delivery 交货前付现

prior preferred stock 最优先股

prior claim 【法】优先请求权

The Father Prior 一般指寺庙里的主持

prior endorser 前手背书人

prior equity 前期公平

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