prior
US /ˈpraɪɚ/
・UK /'praɪə(r)/
B1 中級英檢高級多益
adj.形容詞先前的
Our family had no prior experience raising chickens
adj.形容詞更重要的
He has a prior claim to that money, sorry he’ll get it
n.名詞小修道院院長
In a monastery, the prior makes the rules
adv.副詞在...之前
The application must be submitted prior to the deadline.
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美國 vs 加拿大 | 醫學系與成為醫生的差異！ (United States vs Canada | Medical School & Becoming a Doctor)
- You'll start as a pre med in college or university in both Canada and the US, American medical schools require a bachelor's degree prior to matriculating, which generally takes at least four years.
在加拿大和美國，你都會從大專或大學的醫學預科開始，美國的醫學院要求在預科之前獲得學士學位，一般至少需要4年。
- However, most students do complete all four years and get a bachelor's degree prior to matriculating to medical school.
然而，大多數學生確實完成了所有四年的學習，並在預科進入醫學院之前獲得了學士學位。
澳洲迎來數十年來最嚴重水患！BBC新聞：雨勢預計將持續！ (More rain forecast after areas of Australia see worst flooding in decades - BBC News)
- Some communities who were battered by the bushfires are now being battered by the floods and deep drought prior to that.
所以，這並不是過去一年中這些地區遭遇的第一場自然災害。
- Deep drought prior to that and I don't know any time in our state's history, when we've had these extreme weather conditions, many families will spend the night in evacuation centers and with the rainfall showing no sign of letting up, there is no telling when they'll be able to get back to their homes.
在此之前，深層的乾旱，我不知道我們州歷史上任何時候，當我們遇到這種極端的天氣狀況時，許多家庭會在疏散中心過夜，而且降雨量沒有任何放緩的跡象，不知道他們什麼時候能夠回到自己的家。
國家地理頻道 - 萬裡長城紀錄片！ (National Geographic - The Great Wall of China - Documentary)
- To Avoid wastage of materials prior to construction of the fortress the architect was asked to calculate exactly how many bricks
為了避免材料的浪費，在建造堡壘之前，建築師被要求計算出到底有多少磚頭。
- To avoid wastage of materials prior to construction of the fortress, the architect was asked to calculate exactly how many bricks were required.
[999999]磚塊交付後，堡壘建成了，最後是工程負責人。
獵奇的創作人生兩難！杭特·S·湯普森道出瘋狂藝術家的宿命？ (The Terrible Paradox of Being a Creative Person - Hunter S. Thompson)
- Thompson's work, originally a prior piece covering the Kentucky Derby. In Gonzo Journalism, the end piece is equal parts objective as it is objective. The journalist is largely central to the story, exaggerating and melding the truth with their imagination and typically humor, as opposed to being a detached observer reporting facts alone. To paraphrase the
湯普森的作品，原本是之前報道肯塔基德比的作品。在 "岡諾新聞 "中，最終的作品既客觀又不失真實。記者在很大程度上是故事的核心，他們用自己的想象力和典型的幽默來誇大和融合事實，而不是作為一個獨立的觀察者來報道事實。套用
- This literary style would come to be known as Gonzo or Gonzo journalism, which was coined and based on Thompson's work, originally a prior piece covering the Kentucky Derby.
話題製造機馬斯克的「星鏈」引發衛星太空競賽 (How Elon Musk's Starlink Launched a Satellite Space Race)
- They're built to be the size of buses, and they take years to develop and build, and then years to launch and operate, and they can be quite expensive. Prior to Starlink, most of these geo-constellations would tap into modified sat phones. So you probably had seen them, big bulky phones that were specifically geared towards tapping into the satellites that were thousands of miles away.
它們的大小與公共汽車相當，開發和建造需要數年時間，發射和運行也需要數年時間，而且可能相當昂貴。在 "星鏈 "之前，這些地球同步衛星大多使用改裝過的衛星電話。所以你可能見過它們，笨重的大手機專門用來接入千里之外的衛星。
- Prior to Starlink, most of these geo constellations would tap into modified sat phones.
亞馬遜可以在產品推出之前解決安全問題，這將為其帶來競爭優勢。
為什麼波音公司花了十年時間才成功送太空人到國際太空站？ (Why It Took Boeing A Decade To Launch NASA Astronauts On Starliner)
- Prior to that, NASA relied on the space shuttle and on a lot of its own engineering talent to get humans to the space station.
在此之前，美國國家航空航天局依靠航天飛機和自身的大量工程人才將人類送往空間站。
- Prior to that, NASA relied on the Space Shuttle and on a lot of its own engineering talent to get humans to the space station.
正是因為波音公司的加入，美國國會和美國國家航空航天局才有足夠的信心推進這一計劃。
柴克·艾弗隆重溫《歌舞青春》、《惡鄰纏身》、《大娛樂家》等經典電影！ (Zac Efron Rewatches High School Musical, Neighbors, The Greatest Showman & More | Vanity Fair)
- This whole sequence with the basketballs and the dribbling in that movie, we started practicing with basketballs, and I think we might have practiced it for two days prior to doing all that in sync.
電影中籃球和運球的整個過程，我們都是用籃球開始練習的，我想在同步完成所有動作之前，我們可能已經練習了兩天。
- and I think we might have practiced it for two days prior to doing all that in sync.
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臺灣的半導體產業是如何取勝的？ (How Taiwan's Semiconductor Industry Won)
- Prior to these companies' establishment, however, there were already a couple of American investors who had factories in Taiwan. This was also the basis of foreign investments in the country.
不過，在這些公司成立之前，已經有幾家美國投資者在臺灣設廠。這也是外商在臺灣投資的基礎。
- Prior to these companies' establishment, however, there were already a couple of American investors who had factories in Taiwan.
由此可見，臺灣就是這樣成為世界半導體中心的。