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

• Gecko, which originated at Netscape and predates KHTML, is often criticized for its large and infamously complex code base.
  Gecko源自Netscape，并早于KHTML，Gecko因庞大与复杂的代码基础而频遭诟病。
• 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 building predates World War II.
  那楝建筑物建於第二次世界大战前。
• 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。
• Writing down losses in asset values, however, is a reasonable and highly desirable accounting practice prevalent around the world, which predates recent regulatory changes.
  但是，在全球范围内，减记资产价值损失是一种合理且十分可取的会计做法，时间上也早于近年来监管方面的改革。
• 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。
• 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***号早于真正的潜水艇。
• Uncle Sam predates Flagg's poster by over a century and is the product of a different war.
  山姆大叔出现的时间要比弗兰格的广告早一个世纪，它是另一场战争的产品。
• 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。
• Most military phrases come from the World Wars of the 20th century, and this one predates the Civil War.
  绝大多数的军事用语来自20世纪的两次世界大战，而这一词语比国内战争还早。