previous

前の、以前の

話題になっている時点や物事より前に起きた、または存在した。

やさしい英語で： Happening or existing before the time or thing being discussed.

• Read the previous page.
• Her previous job was in a bank.
• We had met the previous summer.

類義語： earlier, prior, preceding

反対語： next, subsequent

よく使う表現： previous year, previous experience, previous owner

前科

過去に犯罪で有罪判決を受けた記録。

やさしい英語で： A record of crimes someone has been found guilty of in the past.

• The thief had previous.
• Police discovered that she had no previous.
• The judge knew he had previous for assault.

使い方： have previous (The suspect has previous for theft.)

類義語： criminal record

よく使う表現： have previous, no previous, a lot of previous

因縁、過去の確執

人々の間に以前からある争いやもめごと。

やさしい英語で： A history of arguments or trouble between people.

• Those two have previous.
• There is some previous between the neighbours.
• She refused to cooperate because they had previous.

使い方： have previous with someone (He has previous with the other player.)

類義語： bad blood, history

よく使う表現： some previous, have previous, previous between people

より前に

「previous to」で、ある時点や出来事より前であることを表す。

やさしい英語で： Before a particular time or event; used with "to".

• The damage occurred previous to our arrival.
• No records survive previous to that date.
• She had lived abroad previous to her marriage.

使い方： previous to something (The building existed previous to the war.)

類義語： before, prior to

反対語： after

よく使う表現： previous to something, previous to arrival, previous to departure