previously

1. ADV Previously means at some time before the period that you are talking about. 先前地

Guyana's railways were previously owned by private companies. 圭亞那的鐵路先前為私營(yíng)公司所擁有。

The contract was awarded to a previously unknown company. 該合同給了一家先前不知名的公司。

2. ADV You can use previously to say how much earlier one event was than another event. (某時(shí)長(zhǎng)) 之前[n ADV]

He had first entered the House 12 years previously. 他12年前首次進(jìn)入了眾議院。