previous period

基本解釋

This is not surprising: today's fiscal deficits exceed those of any previous period, in peacetime.
這并不令人感到意外：目前財政赤字的規(guī)模，為以往的任何和平時期所未見。
Between 2003 and 2007, average income worldwide grew at a faster rate (3.1 percent) than in any previous period in recorded human history.
從2003年到2007年，全世界平均收入的增長水平（3.1%）比有記錄以來人類歷史任何時期都要高。
There will be no more negative trends of the previous period in summer.
前段時間的事情在夏天不會向不好的趨勢發(fā)展。

A kind of a pin used to hold your cloak together, called a fibula, unknown in the previous period.
一種別住披風的別針,稱之為扣針,這在之前的時期從未出現(xiàn)過
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And, like the previous period before 1991, Iraqi officials again assured the U.N. that they were hiding no weapons of mass destruction.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Unable to verify, unworthy of trust
The equity ratio is also scheduled to remain in the same range as for the previous period of 25 to 35 percent.
ENGADGET: T-Mobile and Apple sign agreement to launch products in 2013
Mitsubishi UFJ took JPY 8.4 billion and MitsuiSumitomo JPY 7.2 billion fewer provisions than in the previous period, thus boosting current period relative performance.
FORBES: Financial Performance of Six Big Banks