1·Prior to 1965 geologists assumed that the two giant rock plates meeting at the San Andreas Fault generate heat through friction as they grind past each otherd.
1965年以前，地质学家认为，两个巨大的岩石板块在圣安德烈亚斯断层上相遇，通过摩擦产生热量。
2·At the moment, candidates are selected on a fairly narrow set of criteria such as prior academic and career performance, and analytical and problem-solving abilities.
目前，候选人的选拔标准相当严格，比如过往的学术和职业表现，以及分析和解决问题的能力。
3·Prior bonuses are also at risk from punitive tax proposals.
优先分红也在受到严格纳税建议的风险中。
4·The matched function is like our prior visitor functions but takes a node type to search for at the beginning.
所匹配的函数类似于我们之前的访问者函数，但在开始时会获取一个要搜索的节点类型。
5·To solve this problem, modules can declare their dependency requirements so that, at runtime, they can be checked prior to execution.
为了解决这一问题，模块可以声明其依赖需求，这样，在运行时就可以在执行之前进行依赖检查。
6·However, no prior study had looked at the effect it may have on human skin.
然而在以前的研究中并没有发现在人类皮肤上有同样的作用。
7·This led the hotel chain to identify multiple issues of varying severity and address these customer relationship management issues prior to launching the new site at the start of 2009.
这可以让这家连锁酒店发现许多不同程度的问题，并且在2009年年初正式推出该网站前解决这些有关顾客关系管理的问题。
8·But even prior to the FIFA ranking system, favorites have tended to underperform at the World Cup.
不过，即便是在国际足联排名出台之前，热门球队在世界杯上通常都是表现欠佳。
9·Mr Browne’s 26-year career at BP prior to becoming chief executive is dispensed with in 42 pages.
薄薄42页，概括了约翰·布朗成为首席执行官前在英国石油公司度过的26年职业生涯。
10·Prior to version 2.0, patterns mapped to a specific virtual image at the pattern level.
在版本2.0之前，模式会在模式级别映射到特定的虚拟映像。