[A](时间或地点上)在先的,在前的,前面的 coming just before in time or place
英英释义
Adjective
existing or coming before
of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office;
"a retiring member of the board"
例句
用作形容词(adj.)
This point has been dealt with in the preceding paragraph.这一点在前面一段里已经交代过了。
In the years immediately preceding the 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并吞为德国领土。
He had been in Cuba the preceding summer.去年夏天他曾在古巴。
