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

• But we do know this: unchecked, XDR-TB could take us back to the treatment era that predates the development of antibiotics.
  但是这一点我们很清楚：广泛耐药结核病若不加以制止，它很有可能使治疗效果倒退到没有研发出抗生素的岁月。
• The variorum anthology value mainly manifests in two aspects: one, in anthology variorum predates the Song Dynasty block-printed edition anthology note, has the important value of the version.
  《文选集注》的价值主要体现在两个方面：一、《文选集注》在时间上早于宋刻本《文选》注，具有重要的版本价值。
• 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。
• 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。
• The concept of revenue sharing paying commission for referred business predates affiliate marketing and the Internet.
  的概念，收入共享付费委员会提到企业早联属网络营销和互联网。
• 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。
• 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。
• That almost certainly predates human civilisation.
  那几乎是在人类文明之前了。
• But for some wealth managers, their cinematic inspiration in the battle against inflation predates the Reagan era.
  不过，对某些财富管理机构来说，他们在抵御通胀战斗中的灵感来源于比里根更早的时代。
• These can all be dismissed because of lack of evidence or because OK predates the events that supposedly led to creation.
  由于缺乏证据或由于OK一词产生于那些可能产生该词的事情以前，这些流行的说法都可能被否定。