prior的例句是：用作形容词(adj.)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。prior的意思是adj.优先的；在前的；更重要的；adv.居先；在前。prior【近义词】earlier。
一、详尽释义点此查看prior的详细内容
二、双解释义
三、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。
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、常见句型
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、词源解说
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