prior1
  
  
	      			KK: [ˈpraɪɚ]
	      			DJ: [ˈpraiǝ]
  
    a.[B]
    
      - 在先的,在前的;居先的
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No 
prior knowledge should be required.
不需要預先學得什麼知識。
 
      - 優先的,更重要的
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He feels a 
prior obligation to his job as a journalist.
他覺得要優先為他的新聞記者的工作盡職。
 
    
    ad.
    
      - 在前;居先[(+to)]
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It happened 
prior to her departure.
這事在她走前發生的。
 
    
   
  衍生
  
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prior2
  
  
	      			KK: [ˈpraɪɚ]
	      			DJ: [ˈpraiǝ]
  
  衍生
  
 
  
    
prior1
  
  adj.
 existing or coming before in time, order, or importance.
n.
 N. Amer. informal a previous criminal conviction.
 
  Phrase
  
  Etymology
  C18: from L., lit. ‘former, elder’, rel. to prae ‘before’.
 
  
    
prior2
  
  n.
 (fem. prioress)
  - (in an abbey) the person next in rank below an abbot (or abbess).
 - the head of a house of friars (or nuns).
 
 
  Derivative
  
  Etymology
  OE, from a med. L. noun use of L. prior (see prior1).