precede

英 [prɪˈsiːd]

美 [prɪˈsiːd]

v.  在…之前发生(或出现); 先于; 走在…前面

过去分词：preceded　过去式：preceded　现在分词：preceding　第三人称单数：precedes　

CET6考研TOEFLGREIELTSTEM8

Collins.2 / BNC.4328 / COCA.5604

短语用例

precede sth with sth

• 以…开始（或引导）
  to do or say sth to introduce sth else
  1. the years preceding the war
     战前的几年
  2. His resignation was preceded by weeks of speculation.
     在他辞职之前，有关的猜测已持续了几个星期。
  3. She preceded me in the job.
     她是我这工作的前任。
  4. See the preceding chapter.
     请见前一章。

牛津词典

verb

• 在…之前发生（或出现）；先于
  to happen before sth or come before sth/sb in order
  1. the years preceding the war
     战前的几年
  2. His resignation was preceded by weeks of speculation.
     在他辞职之前，有关的猜测已持续了几个星期。
  3. She preceded me in the job.
     她是我这工作的前任。
  4. See the preceding chapter.
     请见前一章。
• 走在…前面
  to go in front of sb
  1. She preceded him out of the room.
     她先于他走出屋子。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 发生在…之前；先于
  If one event or period of timeprecedesanother, it happens before it.
  1. Intensive negotiations between the main parties preceded the vote...
     主要政党在选举前进行了集中的谈判。
  2. The earthquake was preceded by a loud roar and lasted 20 seconds...
     地震前有一阵巨大的轰隆声，持续了20秒钟。
  3. Industrial orders had already fallen in the preceding months.
     工业订单在前几个月就已减少。
• VERB （顺序、位置）先于，在…前面
  If youprecedesomeone somewhere, you go in front of them.
  1. He gestured to Alice to precede them from the room...
     他给艾丽斯做手势，让她在他们前面离开房间。
  2. They were preceded by mounted cowboys.
     他们前面是骑马的牛仔们。
• VERB （句、段、章节）在…之前
  A sentence, paragraph, or chapter thatprecedesanother one comes just before it.
  1. Look at the information that precedes the paragraph in question...
     查看正在讨论的这段文字前面的信息。
  2. Repeat the exercises described in the preceding section.
     把前一节要求的练习重做一遍。

英英释义

verb

• furnish with a preface or introduction
  1. She always precedes her lectures with a joke
  2. He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution
  Synonym:prefacepremiseintroduce
• move ahead (of others) in time or space
  Synonym:lead
• be the predecessor of
  1. Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands
  Synonym:come before
• come before
  1. Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify
  Synonym:predate
• be earlier in time
  1. Stone tools precede bronze tools
  Synonym:predateforegoforgoantecedeantedate

双语例句

• But problem first mention above shall precede all other.
  但是，上述问题是最先提到的。应比其他问题提前解决。
• Industrial orders had already fallen in the preceding months.
  工业订单在前几个月就已减少。
• Each document number is greater than all that precede it in the enumeration.
  每个证件号码是大于所有枚举它在前面。
• The end time cannot precede the start time. Please enter a new time range.
  结束时间不能先于开始时间。请输入新的时间范围。
• It is a rule of English that adjectives generally precede the noun they modify.
  形容词一般放在所修饰名词的前面是英语中的一条规律。
• He dissatisfied that I am promoted precede him.
  他不满我先于他被提升。
• They were preceded by mounted cowboys.
  他们前面是骑马的牛仔们。
• All you have to do is precede it by the operator "define:".
  所有你必须做的是先于它的经营者“的定义：”。
• Repeat the exercises described in the preceding section.
  把前一节要求的练习重做一遍。
• The reference must exist in the test and precede the conditional block.
  这个引用必须存在于测试中并且在条件块前。