1·As we saw in the preceding chapter, groups can be powerful agents of socialization.
如我们在前一章所见，团组可以是社会化的有力动因。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·We shall be known better than any preceding generations.
我们将比前几代人更出名。
3·I have been more intentional about going through lessons from Sunday School pamphlets given out the preceding week at dinner.
我一直在通过更多的经验教训，从主日学去了吃晚饭前一周给予小册子故意的。
4·An index entry is created for the concatenation of the two preceding items (tag context plus data element).
为前两项(标记上下文加上数据元素)的并置创建索引项。
5·Selected as one of the most frequently looked up words each year, especially in a campaign season preceding noteworthy elections.
每年最常被查找的字，尤其是在值得注意的选举前的选季。以此入选。