1. (adjective) Describing a part of a body located in the front of other parts, or pointed towards the front; frontward.2. (adjective, FORMAL) Describing something that occurred or existed in a previous time period.

EXAMPLE: The anterior thigh muscles include the sartorius and the quadriceps group.

大腿前部的肌肉包括縫匠肌和四頭肌。

EXAMPLE: Some unknown, anterior civilization had constructed a huge city that is now covered by a dense jungle.

某個未知的早期文明建立過一座巨型城市，如今被茂密的叢林所覆蓋。