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

• 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 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。
• 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 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。
• But we do know this: unchecked, XDR-TB could take us back to the treatment era that predates the development of antibiotics.
  但是这一点我们很清楚：广泛耐药结核病若不加以制止，它很有可能使治疗效果倒退到没有研发出抗生素的岁月。
• 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。
• 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。
• Null= The database monitor file predates this enhancement
  null=数据库监视器文件早于这个增强
• According to researches on mechanism of predating nematodes, Arthrobotrys mainly generates predacious organ by alive nematodes and predates alive quarries.
  基础科研主要集中在节丛孢捕虫机理的研究上，结果显示，节丛孢主要在活线虫的诱导下产生捕虫器官，捕捉活线虫；
• 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。