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

• 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。
• 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。
• But legend has it that the name derives from a real man, and the origin is much akin to that of Kilroy. Uncle Sam predates Flagg's poster by over a century and is the product of a different war.
  但有传说是这样的：山姆大叔确有其人，其来源与Kilroy（奈尔洛艾）和来源相似。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。
• As with the Easter Bunny and the holiday itself, the Easter Egg predates the Christian holiday of Easter.
  与复活兔和复活节一样，复活蛋预示着圣诞节的即将到来。
• 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。
• 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；
• But mistrust of business long predates the financial crisis.
  但是，人们对企业的不信任感早在此次金融危机之前就存在了。
• Null= The database monitor file predates this enhancement
  null=数据库监视器文件早于这个增强
• Mr Buffett's capacity to admit error predates his popular fame.
  早在声名远播之前，巴菲特就勇于承认错误。
• 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。