"the previous owner"
"my old house was larger"
"the former president"
"our late President is still very active"
"the previous occupant of the White House"
"our condemnation of him was a bit previous"
"a premature judgment"
1.先前的;以前的;早先的
Aprevious event or thing is one that happened or existed before the one that you are talking about.
e.g. She has a teenage daughter from aprevious marriage...
她前一段婚姻有一个十几岁的女儿。
e.g. He has noprevious convictions.
他没有前科。
2.上一次的;上一个的
You refer to the period of time or the thing immediately before the one that you are talking about as theprevious one.
e.g. It was a surprisingly dry day after the rain of theprevious week...
上星期刚下过雨,天气却出奇地干燥。
e.g. He recalled exactly what Bob had told him theprevious night.
他清楚记得前一天晚上鲍勃告诉他的话。