preceding
adjective[before noun]
uk/prɪˈsiː.dɪŋ/us/priːˈsiː.dɪŋ/existingorhappeningbefore someone or something:
在前的,在先的,前面的Thepaintingsare adevelopmentofideassheexploredin the precedingdecade.这些画是她过去10年以来思想探索的成果。
Inconclusion, Ihopethe precedingargumentshaveconvincedyou of the need foraction.总之,我希望前面的论证已使你相信采取行动是必要的。
Before, after and already
- advance
- afore
- afterwards
- already
- ante
- as it isidiom
- before
- gone
- immediate
- in advanceidiom
- in advance ofsomething/someoneidiom
- in the wake ofsomethingidiom
- next
- prologue
- quondam
- second-wave
- secondarily
- secondary
- shortly
- wake
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Occurring and happening