What is culinary in one generation for example, the devices of crime fiction prior to the work of Dostoyevsky, become absolutely central.

一代人的口味,比如说，陀思妥耶夫斯基前,犯罪小说中常用的表现手法，曾经是绝对主流。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

Prior to joining the chaplaincy program, I did a lot of activism work in specific Islamic institutions served board of directors, chairs, and presidencies.

在参加这个教士培养的项目之前，我在一些伊斯兰教的组织做过工作,在董事会，主席等手下任职。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

So if you're coming from prior background, your code might work a little differently on a different system if you don't use those flags.

如果你来自一个先前的背景，如果你们没有使用这个版本标志的话，在一个不同的系统中,你的代码可能运行地不太一样。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

Prior to the exams I will post previous exams online, so you have a feeling for how these exams work and so on.

考试前我会把历年真题放在网上,以便大家熟悉考试模式

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选