previous(ly) 的用法及固定搭配

previous(ly)

1.He wrote to me previous to visiting me等句子里的previous用作副词,习惯上很少用previously。它后面的to是介词,visiting不可改作visit。

2.注意下面第一句里有for,第二句和第三句里都没有for。

  • He was the man whom I had studied with for two months previously.
  • He was the man whom I had met two months previously.
  • He was the man whom I had met the day previously.

3.previously往往跟now相对。例如:They are now friends, but were previously bitter enemies.

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