preceding
/prɪˈsiːdɪŋ/📚 7208 30四级六级考研托福雅思You refer to the period of time or the thing immediately before the one that you are talking about as the preceding one. 前面的
adjective [原级]先前的，前面的
She informed us that eighteen members of the staff had left during the preceding year.
她当时告知我们，18位教职员在此前的一年里离开了。
verb [vt. 及物动词]在……之前发生（或出现）；走在……前面（precede 的现在分词形式）
We shall be known better than any preceding generations.
我们将比前几代人更出名。
来自precede(v. 领先， 在…前面)
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