predated

英 [ˌpriːˈdeɪtɪd]

美 [ˌpriːˈdeɪtɪd]

v.  (在日期上)早于，先于
predate的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：predated　过去式：predated　

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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

• To complicate matters, insiders say, Mr Winters whose career at JPMorgan predated Mr Dimon's arrival had an independent streak, operated from a powerful platform in London and held strong views on how to run the bank.
  令事情更复杂的是，知情人士表示，在戴蒙到来之前就在摩根大通供职的温特斯个性独立，从伦敦的一个强大平台运作，并对如何经营该行看法鲜明。
• Part of the explanation lies in the timing of the latter studies, which predated the present economic crisis.
  部分原因在于后者的研究时机先于当前的经济危机。
• There is the Xia which predated them but by all historical records, the earliest that one started was2000 BC.
  但是根据所有的历史记录，夏朝的历史要更早，其可追溯到公元前2000年。
• His troubles predated the recession
  他的问题在经济萧条前就出现了。
• Partly this showed the age of MathML, since all of the initial design predated the final version of the XML standard.
  这在一定程度上反映了MathML的年头，因为所有最初的设计都早于最终版的XML标准。
• The proportion of acorns predated by animals including vertebrates and invertebrates amounts up to 78.3%, indicating that acorn predation by animals is a limiting factor affecting acorn survival before seed dispersal.
  脊椎动物和无脊椎动物合计捕食占78.3%。这说明动物对坚果的捕食是影响坚果存活的主要因子。
• The fruiting season of low-chilling peach could be predated by 2~ 3 months? That increased its benefit.
  短低温桃的成熟期可提早2～3个月，提高桃的经济效益。
• However, as Mr Bruner and Mr Carr demonstrate in their well-timed book, history shows that contagion has predated computers.
  然而，就象布鲁纳和卡尔在他们很合时宜的著作中所言，历史表明，早在有电脑之前就有危机传播现象了。
• Soon after his arrival, he had to make a public apology for a personal data leak affecting KT customers, as well as a financial scam that predated him involving one of its subsidiaries.
  在他上任后不久，他不得不为一起影响韩国电信客户的个人数据泄露事件以及一桩财务欺诈案（发生在他任职之前，涉及该集团一家子公司）公开致歉。
• Nokia had previously said it would use Maemo on a small number of phones, but this predated news of the MeeGo OS.
  诺基亚过去虽然也曾经有表示过会用Maemo平台开发多款手机，但这些言论全部都是在他们与Intel定下有关MeeGo系统的海誓山盟之前说出来的。