a year earlier指的是什么时候?和previous year意思一样吗?

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Rebecca
这种情况下的a year earlier于1984年。 Macintosh计算机于1984年1月24日发布。在一般情况下, a year earlier的含义相同的previous year ,但这取决于你使用的情况。示例: He was born in 1994. The previous year Bill Clinton became the president of the United States. ( He was born in 1994. A year earlier, Bill Clinton became the president of the United States. (他出生于1994年。前一年,比尔·克林顿(Bill Clinton)成为美国总统。)例如: They just bought a new home. The previous year they were just scraping by. ( They just bought a new home. A year earlier, they were just scraping by.去年,他们在赚钱。)例如: They just bought a new home. A year earlier, they were just scraping by. (他们刚买了一所新房子。一年前,他们在赚钱。)