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
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.- His troubles predated the recession...
他的问题在经济萧条前就出现了。 - 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。
- His troubles predated the recession...
英英释义
verb
- establish something as being earlier relative to something else
- prey on or hunt for
- These mammals predate certain eggs
- come before
- Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify
- be earlier in time
- Stone tools precede bronze tools
双语例句
- 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。 - His troubles predated the recession
他的问题在经济萧条前就出现了。 - Predate Research on the Europe-Asia-Continent Bridge Transport
欧亚&新海大陆桥运输的前期研究 - 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。 - 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 worries predate the ructions in the Arab world.
这些担忧在阿拉伯世界发生动乱之前就出现了。 - All the numbers come from annual disclosure forms, so they predate the worst of the economic crisis.
所有这些数字都来自于年度披露报表，因此反映的是经济危机最严重阶段来临之前的情况。 - 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。 - Indeed, this strand may well predate the anti-pollution effort.
而且，这一目标或许要早于防止污染。 - The little black ladybird beetle can predate on the egg, nymph, pupa and adult of the whitefly, with high activity and large predating quantity.
小黑瓢虫成虫寿命长达90－130天，可捕食粉虱卵、若虫、成虫各虫态，且捕食量大，活动能力强，是高氏瘤粉虱的有效天敌，具有很好的保护利用价值。