prior的双解释义是：adj.(形容词)[A]优先的,在前的,较早的 previous; former; earlier。prior的词义辨析是previous，foregoing，preceding，prior，former。prior副词:priorly；名词:priority。
一、详尽释义点此查看prior的详细内容
二、词典解释
1.先前的；在前的；在先的
You useprior to indicate that something has already happened, or must happen, before another event takes place.
e.g. He claimed he had noprior knowledge of the protest...
他声称自己事先并不知道这次抗议的事。
e.g. The Constitution requires the president to seek theprior approval of Congress for military action...
宪法规定总统在采取军事行动之前必须获得国会同意。
2.（所有权、责任）更重要的，优先的
Aprior claim or duty is more important than other claims or duties and needs to be dealt with first.
e.g. The firm I wanted to use hadprior commitments.
我想选用的这家公司已有约在先。
3.小修道院院长；大修道院副院长
Aprior is a monk who is in charge of a priory or a monk who is the second most important person in a monastery.
4.在…之前；先于
If something happensprior to a particular time or event, it happens before that time or event.
e.g. Prior to his Japan trip, he went to New York...
在去日本之前，他去了纽约。
e.g. A man seen hanging around the areaprior to the shooting could have been involved.
在枪杀案发生之前，有人目睹一位男子在这附近游荡，该男子可能与此案有关。
三、网络解释
1. 优先：这是为了保护装入模块列表(sys.modules)来优先(prior)执行CGI脚本,然后在脚本执行后对比导入模块. 除了一些__file__属性指向标准Python库的模块外,将会被在sys.modules中删除来强制Python在下次CGI脚本导入时再次装入他们.
2. prior
2. 预先：而后者是指基本的证明标准应是固定不变的(fixed) ,但证据的程度(degree of evdience)应依据事项的重要性的不同来确定,因为其认为越是重大事项,发生的盖然性就越低,所以盖然性程度预先(prior) 就决定了(3).
3. 先：注意req.headers_out将会被优先(prior)设置,并也会影响req.status的值,假如不是返回apache.OK. 从客户端读取最多len字节的数据,返回字符串数据. 如果len为负数(negative)或者缺省(omitted),则读取所有的数据.
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4. 在先：一个商标要获得注册(registration)必须首先具备显著性(distinctiveness),能够区分商品或服务的来源(source),并且与他人在相同(identical)或类似(similar)商品在在先(prior)注册的商标不相同或近似.
四、例句
He feels a prior obligation to his job as a journalist.
他觉得要优先为他的新闻记者的工作尽职。
Generally speaking, individuals who first appropriate part of a water supply have prior claim over those whose appropriation is later in time.
一般来说，先使用水资源的人比后使用者拥有更优先的权利。
The offer is subject to prior sale.
该报盘以未售出前为准。
His answer was tinted by his prior knowledge.
他的回答说明他先前就有所了解。
This task is prior to all others.
这项任务比所有其他任务都重要。
Constitution is prior to all other laws.
宪法比其他一切法律都重要。
The golden octave holds within it all of the prior eight vibrations or planes within its field.
金色音阶内掌握着所有在前的八度音阶或它场内所有的层面。
The presiding judge can view the arguments of counsel with understanding, for he may have used them himself on a prior day.
首席法官可以清楚地理解律师的论点，因为可能就在前一天他自己也在运用它们。
五、常用短语
六、经典引文
Gary..pleaded a prior commitment to homework.
出自：D. LodgeJealous about his wife's prior sexual experience.
出自：P. Van Sommers七、词义辨析
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