a problem inherited from the previous government前一届政府的遗留问题

the previous incarnations claimed by children孩子们所说的前生

Did you have any previous knowledge of the case?你之前对这件案子有什么了解吗？

He had children from a previous marriage.他和前妻有孩子。

The house had been renovated by the previous owner.前一位房主翻修过这栋房子。

in the previous chapter在前一章中

I have a previous engagement<正式>我已经有约了

I had no previous experience of this type of work.我之前没有做这种工作的经历。

He has no previous convictions.他没有前科。

His specialty was finding evidence of previous generations in the subsoil of London.他从前的专业是在伦敦地下寻找先人留下的痕迹。

previous to 20032003年之前

Previous to her marriage, she'd always lived with her parents.结婚以前, 她一直和父母生活在一起。

He recalled exactly what Bob had told him the previous night.他原原本本回忆了前一晚鲍勃告诉他的一切。

I'd been to see the play the previous Saturday.上个星期六我去看了这出戏。

It would be a bit previous to claim that it's as vital a service as gas, but Internet access is coming close to that.如果说因特网和汽油一样必不可少的话还有点为时过早, 但是因特网的使用的确变得越来越重要。