The chinese immersed their wood in sea water or salt lakes prior to use as a building material . 中国人在把木材用作建筑材料前，先将它浸泡在海水或盐湖水中。
Pauli deduced the principle from spectroscopic data prior to the advent of quantum mechanics . 泡利是在量子力学出现以前，根据原子光谱的数据导出这个原理的。
The understocks should be grown in place or should be potted approximately a year prior to grafting . 砧木在嫁接前一年左右就应当定植在适当的地方或者盆栽起来。
Careful questioning of the owner or his attendant can yield information about the diet or the prior diet . 仔细询问主人或其随行者，能够提供有关饮食和既往的饮食史。
Prior to making a foreign investment, a corporation has usually had some form of trade with the foreign nation . 一家公司在对外投资以前，往往与该国已有某种形式的贸易往来。
Mercerizing is one of the more important steps conducted on cotton fabrics prior to dyeing, printing and finishing . 丝光是在染色，印花和整理之前很重要的一个棉织品处理工序。
Among the budding baton-wielders preparing for the next concert but one were found mr. whitelaw and mr. prior . 在准备参加下一届竞选的初露头角的人物中，就有怀特洛先生和普赖尔先生。
This kind of behavior had been observed and studied extensively by george stokes prior to the advent of quantum theory . 乔治斯托克斯在量子理论提出之前曾对这种现象进行过广泛观察和研究。
The insertion of the initial velocity is accomplished by offsetting the motor shaft position prior to the start of navigation . 初始速度的加入可以在导航开始前用预先装走马达轴的位置来实现。
Also, in prior years, adjustment of the signal-generator and torque-generator stator mechanical radial positions was required . 前些年对信号发生器和转矩发生器定子的机械半径位置也要进行调整。
