predate

英 [ˌpriːˈdeɪt]

美 [ˌpriːˈdeɪt]

v.  (在日期上)早于，先于

第三人称单数：predates　现在分词：predating　过去式：predated　过去分词：predated　

经济

BNC.19621 / COCA.13758

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。

英英释义

verb

• establish something as being earlier relative to something else
  Synonym:antedateforedate
• prey on or hunt for
  1. These mammals predate certain eggs
  Synonym:ravenprey
• come before
  1. Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify
  Synonym:precede
• be earlier in time
  1. Stone tools precede bronze tools
  Synonym:precedeforegoforgoantecedeantedate

双语例句

• As I drove to her house, I actually had a case of predate jitters!
  我开车驶往母亲住所，竟感到约会前的紧张不安。
• His troubles predated the recession
  他的问题在经济萧条前就出现了。
• Most Americans consider Halloween a festive occasion, but its roots long predate the United States and its meaning has changed greatly over time.
  尽管多数美国人将万圣节视为传统节日，但它的起源却远远早于美国的历史，而且意义也随着时间发生了很大变化。
• Predate Research on the Europe-Asia-Continent Bridge Transport
  欧亚&新海大陆桥运输的前期研究
• Some researchers go so far as to suggest that viruses predate their hosts. That they essentially invented cells as a reliable and renewable resource they could then exploit for the sake of making new viral particles.
  一些研究人员甚至表示，病毒先于宿主出现。它们基本上创造了细胞，并将其当做可靠的、可延续的资源，日后可以用来产生新病毒。
• 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。
• These studies conclude that sediba did in fact predate Homo erectus and, moreover, that parts of its anatomy are surprisingly similar to modern man.
  称源泉种实际上要早于直立猿人，并且其结构的某些部分与现代人也极为相似。
• Popular games in China typically feature elves, dwarves or characters that predate the past century of political turmoil.
  在中国受欢迎的游戏往往有几个典型的人物角色，如捣蛋鬼、侏儒或是经历上世纪政治动乱的人物。
• Cuneiform was the first known form of written language, but spoken language is believed to predate writing by tens of thousands of years at least.
  楔形文字是已知的最早的书面语言。而一般认为，口头语的产生要比书面语早至少几万年。
• If they are, in fact, writing, they predate the commonly accepted origin of cuneiform writing in Mesopotamia by 200 years.
  果真如此的话，那它们就可能比公认的美索不达米亚最早的楔形文字早大约200年。