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、ultimate

最后的；最終的

He said it is still not possible to predict the ultimate outcome.

他說現在還無法預料最終的結局。

The ultimate aim is to expand the network further.

最終目的是為了進一步拓展該網絡。

最根本的；最基礎的；最原始的

Plants are the ultimate source of all foodstuffs.

植物是所有食物的最根本來源。

The ultimate cause of what's happened seems to have been the advertising campaign.

出事的最根本原因似乎在于那場廣告宣傳活動。

極端的；極度的；令人極其不快的

Being removed from his post during operations is the ultimate humiliation for a ship's captain.

在執行任務的過程中被免職，這對一位船長來說是莫大的恥辱。

Treachery was the ultimate sin.

背叛是最不可饒恕的罪孽。