precedes

英 [prɪˈsiːdz]

美 [prɪˈsiːdz]

v.  在…之前发生(或出现); 先于; 走在…前面
precede的第三人称单数

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。

双语例句

• My fame always precedes me.
  我的名声总是比我的人先行？
• This operation is invoked by a demo Configuration Web page which precedes the Retailer's Web page.
  这个操作由演示配置Web页面（位于零售商的Web页面的前面）来调用。
• A section break controls the section formatting of the text that precedes it.
  分节符用于控制在它前面的文字的节格式。
• Nature precedes art and human artifice or human making.
  自然先于艺术，人的技巧和人的形成。
• Life is a predicament that precedes death.
  人生是个困境，在死亡之前。
• 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。
• As with XPath, a@ mark precedes attribute values, and square brackets contain numbered sibling nodes.
  和使用XPath一样，@标记位于属性值前，方括号中包含了编号的兄弟节点。
• At present, humanity is in a state of great spiritual darkness-the darkness which precedes dawn.
  如今，人类正处于一种巨大的精神黑暗的状态&这是黎明前的黑暗。
• Here again, the essence of man precedes that historic existence which we confront in experience.
  在这里又和上面一样，人的本质先于我们在经验中所遭逢到的历史存在。
• Every decade is, in some way, defined and shaped by the one that precedes it.
  某种程度上讲，每个十年都是由之前十年所定义和塑造的。