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.
其结果造成2009年银行业新增贷款达到创纪录的1.4万亿美元，大约是此前一年的两倍。
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.
另外还有一种就是免耕农业，即农民在种过的土地上并不立即进行耕作，而是保留上一年部分的作物，这样也能保持水分。
Eight people had been killed the previous year within a mile of where I stopped.
在我所拜访的地点的一英里之内，前一年有八个人死于非命。

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.
我们还会提供一张往年的试卷,这样你就可以确切地知道,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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