predates
英 [ˌpriːˈdeɪts]
美 [ˌpriːˈdeɪts]
v. (在日期上)早于,先于
predate的第三人称单数
柯林斯词典
- VERB (在日期上)早于,先于
If you say that one thingpredatedanother, you mean that the first thing happened or existed some time before the second thing.- His troubles predated the recession...
他的问题在经济萧条前就出现了。 - The monument predates the arrival of the druids in Britain.
这一遗迹在德鲁伊特来到不列颠前就已存在。
- His troubles predated the recession...
双语例句
- But legend has it that the name derives from a real man, and the origin is much akin to that of Kilroy. Uncle Sam predates Flagg's poster by over a century and is the product of a different war.
但有传说是这样的:山姆大叔确有其人,其来源与Kilroy(奈尔洛艾)和来源相似。山姆大叔出现的时间要比弗兰格的广告早一个世纪,它是另一场战争的产品。 - One explanation is that people might buy a cheap ticket and then sneak into a more expensive screening; but uniform pricing predates the multiplexes.
一个解释是,人们可能会先买便宜票,然后悄悄溜进票价更高的放映厅;但统一定价出现的时间早于多放映厅影院。 - The variorum anthology value mainly manifests in two aspects: one, in anthology variorum predates the Song Dynasty block-printed edition anthology note, has the important value of the version.
《文选集注》的价值主要体现在两个方面:一、《文选集注》在时间上早于宋刻本《文选》注,具有重要的版本价值。 - Here, in the mornings, you can still find waiters carrying snacks on trays slung around their necks, a style of service that predates the trolley.
清晨,在这里你会发现侍应生仍然像过去一样用手将点心托盘举在脖子边上,而不是使用现在的点心小推车。 - That almost certainly predates human civilisation.
那几乎是在人类文明之前了。 - The concept of revenue sharing paying commission for referred business predates affiliate marketing and the Internet.
的概念,收入共享付费委员会提到企业早联属网络营销和互联网。 - Gecko, which originated at Netscape and predates KHTML, is often criticized for its large and infamously complex code base.
Gecko源自Netscape,并早于KHTML,Gecko因庞大与复杂的代码基础而频遭诟病。 - These can all be dismissed because of lack of evidence or because OK predates the events that supposedly led to creation.
由于缺乏证据或由于OK一词产生于那些可能产生该词的事情以前,这些流行的说法都可能被否定。 - But mistrust of business long predates the financial crisis.
但是,人们对企业的不信任感早在此次金融危机之前就存在了。 - As with the Easter Bunny and the holiday itself, the Easter Egg predates the Christian holiday of Easter.
与复活兔和复活节一样,复活蛋预示着圣诞节的即将到来。