the previous year

基本解释

The result was a record $1.4 trillion in new bank loans in 2009, about double the previous year.
其結果造成2009年銀行業新增貸款達到創紀錄的1.4萬億美元，大約是此前一年的兩倍。
No-till agriculture, an agronomic practice in which farmers do not plough up the land but leave part of the previous year’s crop on it, also preserves water.
另外還有一種就是免耕辳業，即辳民在種過的土地上竝不立即進行耕作，而是保畱上一年部分的作物，這樣也能保持水分。
Eight people had been killed the previous year within a mile of where I stopped.
在我所拜訪的地點的一英裡之內，前一年有八個人死於非命。

In September,the United Nations said the estimated number of deaths of children under age five had dropped from the previous year.
We'll also post an exam from a previous year so you can actually see exactly what the format's going to look like.
我們還會提供一張往年的試卷,這樣你就可以確切地知道,考卷的形式。
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Defense Intelligence Agency Director General Michael Maples noted Taliban attacks in 2008 were up by 55 percent over the previous year.

It was 20% more than Matthew Stafford was guaranteed the previous year as the top pick.
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