1、previous

先前的；以前的；早先的

She has a teenage daughter from a previous marriage.

她前一段婚姻有一個十幾歲的女兒。

He has no previous convictions.

他沒有前科。

上一次的；上一個的

It was a surprisingly dry day after the rain of the previous week.

上星期剛下過雨，天氣卻出奇地干燥。

He recalled exactly what Bob had told him the previous night.

他清楚記得前一天晚上鮑勃告訴他的話。

2、private

（產業、服務）私立的，私有的，私營的，民營的

a joint venture with private industry.

與私營企業建立的合資企業

Bupa runs private hospitals in Britain.

保柏在英國開辦私立醫院。

個人的；私人的

the law's insistence that private citizens are not permitted to have weapons.

法律堅持要求公民個人不得持有武器

The King was on a private visit to enable him to pray at the tombs of his ancestors.

國王以私人身份出訪，以便能夠祭拜先祖陵墓。

（財物等）個人所有的，私有的，私人的

The landowners have had to sell their private aircraft.

這些土地所有者不得不賣掉自己的私人飛機。

They want more State control over private property.

他們希望加強國家對私有財產的控制。