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

• But for some wealth managers, their cinematic inspiration in the battle against inflation predates the Reagan era.
  不过，对某些财富管理机构来说，他们在抵御通胀战斗中的灵感来源于比里根更早的时代。
• That predates the latest turmoil in financial markets which has forced companies to shed more jobs.
  这一时期早于最近的金融市场动荡，最近一波金融动荡迫使企业裁掉更多职位。
• 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。
• Rachel O'Connell, safety officer at Bebo, pointed out that bullying predates the internet and children were simply using new tools to do what they have always done.
  Bebo的安全官雷切尔•奥康内尔（RachelO'Connell）指出，在互联网出现之前，欺凌现象就已经存在了，孩子们只是用新的工具来做他们以前一直在做的事。
• 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。
• 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。凡尔纳的鹦鹉螺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。
• The ductile shear zone predates gold mineralization, and the ductile shear action not only promotes the initial mobilization and enriches mineralizing elements such as gold, silver in Precambrian basement rocks, but also provides favourable space for later structural superposition and emplacement of granitic magma.
  认为金矿化形成于韧性剪切带之后，韧性剪切作用不仅促使了前寒武基底地层中金等成矿元素的初始活化和富集，同时也为后期构造叠加、花岗岩体侵位提供了有利的空间。
• 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。
• 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；