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.
  1. His troubles predated the recession...
     他的问题在经济萧条前就出现了。
  2. 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。

双语例句

• Writing down losses in asset values, however, is a reasonable and highly desirable accounting practice prevalent around the world, which predates recent regulatory changes.
  但是，在全球范围内，减记资产价值损失是一种合理且十分可取的会计做法，时间上也早于近年来监管方面的改革。
• 000 Leagues Under the Sea. Jules Verne. Captain Nemo's exploration of the oceans and battle for their control. Verne's Nautilus predates real submarines.
  尼摩船长在大洋中的历险和为了他们的控制权而发生的战斗。凡尔纳的***号早于真正的潜水艇。
• 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。
• Most military phrases come from the World Wars of the 20th century, and this one predates the Civil War.
  绝大多数的军事用语来自20世纪的两次世界大战，而这一词语比国内战争还早。
• The term "thread pool" predates the Java platform, and is probably an artifact from a less object-oriented approach.
  术语“线程池”先于Java平台出现，因此它可能是较少面向对象方法的产物。
• For these patients, our treatment options effectively go back to the era that predates the advent of antibiotics.
  对于这类患者，我们的治疗选择实际上回到了抗生素出现以前的时期。
• The building predates World War II.
  那楝建筑物建於第二次世界大战前。
• 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。
• That almost certainly predates human civilisation.
  那几乎是在人类文明之前了。
• 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。