重要
prior
🇬🇧/ˈpraɪə(r)/ 🇺🇸/ˈpraɪər/📚 2873 3四级六级考研托福雅思You use prior to indicate that something has already happened, or must happen, before another event takes place. 事先的(无比较级最高级)
adjective [原级]先前的，事先的；<正式>优先的，更重要的；<正式>在前面的（prior to）
A prior claim or duty is more important than other claims or duties and needs to be dealt with first.
优先的
noun [专属名词]<美，非正式>犯罪前科；小修道院院长；大修道院副院长；托钵会会长
the superior of a house and community in certain religious orders
(一些宗教教派中的社区)长老; 德高望重者
pri(=prim， 第一， 首要)+or→排在第一的→优先的， 在前的
单词造句:
- 网友用“Prior”造句精选
- He claimed he had no prior knowledge of the protest. 他声称他事先对那次抗议一无所知。
- The Constitution requires the president to seek the prior approval of Congress for military action. 宪法要求总统寻求国会对军事行动的事先批准。
- The firm I wanted to use had prior commitments. 我选择的那家公司有优先承诺。
- Visits are by prior arrangement. 参观需要事先安排。
- A death prior to 65 is considered to be a premature death. 65岁以前的死亡被认为是过早死亡。