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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Null= The database monitor file predates this enhancement
  null=数据库监视器文件早于这个增强
• 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。
• But the tradition of self-promotion predates the camera by millenniums.In440 B.
  不过，自我推销这一传统早在相机出现数千年前就有了。
• 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。
• The building predates World War II.
  那楝建筑物建於第二次世界大战前。