predate

US [ˌpriˈdeɪt]
UK [ˌpriːˈdeɪt]
  • v.早于；先于…建成（或形成、发生等）
  • Web在日期上早于；提早日期；在历史上早于
Simple Present：predates  Present Participle：predating  Past Tense：predated  

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predate
v.
1.
~ sth
早于；先于…建成（或形成、发生等）to be built or formed, or to happen, at an earlier date than sth else in the past
Few of the town's fine buildings predate the earthquake of 1755.
该城那些美的建筑很少是 1755 年大地震前建成的。

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Definition:
AllAll,早于早于,先于…建成先于…建成,在日期上早于在日期上早于,提早日期提早日期,在历史上早于在历史上早于
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1.
As I drove to her house, I actually had a case of predate jitters! What would we talk about? What if she didn't like the restaurant I chose?
我开车驶往母亲住所，竟感到约会前的紧张不安。我们将谈些什么呢？如果她不喜欢我选的餐馆怎么办？
wǒ kāi chē shǐ wǎng mǔ qīn zhù suǒ , jìng gǎn dào yuē huì qián de jǐn zhāng bù ān 。 wǒ men jiāng tán xiē shén me ne ? rú guǒ tā bù xǐ huan wǒ xuǎn de cān guǎn zěn me bàn ?
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2.
Mr Khamenei had already declared such celebrations, which predate Islam, to be religiously unlawful.
此前，伊朗最高领袖哈梅内伊曾表示，这种庆典早于伊斯兰教存在，在宗教上是非法的。
cǐ qián , yī lǎng zuì gāo lǐng xiù hā méi nèi yī céng biǎo shì , zhè zhǒng qìng diǎn zǎo yú yī sī lán jiào cún zài , zài zōng jiào shàng shì fēi fǎ de 。
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3.
"All, " he writes, "predate the Great Recession. But the available data suggest that the Great Recession has reinforced these trends. "
他写到，“所有这些进步的标志都使大衰退提前到来，而且从已有数据来看，大衰退又反过来强化了这些发展趋势。”
tā xiě dào , " suǒ yǒu zhè xiē jìn bù de biāo zhì dōu shǐ dà shuāi tuì tí qián dào lái , ér qiě cóng yǐ yǒu shù jù lái kàn , dà shuāi tuì yòu fǎn guò lái qiáng huà le zhè xiē fā zhǎn qū shì 。 "
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4.
Unlike most of the other droid military units found in the Confederacy, the LM-432 crab droids do not predate the Clone Wars.
跟邦联的大部分其它军用机器人种类不同，LM-432螃蟹机器人在克隆人战争前并不存在。
gēn bāng lián de dà bù fen qí tā jūn yòng jī qì rén zhǒng lèi bù tóng , LM- sì sān èr páng xiè jī qì rén zài kè lóng rén zhàn zhēng qián bìng bù cún zài 。
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5.
It says lice are old, predate the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary, and must have been living on something.
它说明了虱子的历史非常久，在白垩纪-早第三纪过渡期之前，而且也肯定是寄生在某种生物上的。
tā shuō míng liǎo shī zi de lì shǐ fēi cháng jiǔ , zài bái è jì - zǎo dì sān jì guò dù qī zhī qián , ér qiě yě kěn dìng shì jì shēng zài mǒu zhǒng shēng wù shàng de 。
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6.
It definitely didn't come to English through French since the Old English citations predate the Norman Conquest.
但是可以肯定的是它绝非来源于法语，因为在古英语尚在是有时，诺曼征服的时代还未到来呢。
dàn shì kě yǐ kěn dìng de shì tā jué fēi lái yuán yú fǎ yǔ , yīn wèi zài gǔ yīng yǔ shàng zài shì yǒu shí , nuò màn zhēng fú de shí dài hái wèi dào lái ne 。
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7.
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。
suǒ yǒu zhè xiē shù zì dōu lái zì yú nián dù pī lù bào biǎo , yīn cǐ fǎn yìng de shì jīng jì wēi jī zuì yán zhòng jiē duàn lái lín zhī qián de qíng kuàng 。
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8.
It is worth noting that the survey of prices predate some of the measures designed to cool the market.
值得注意的是，先前关于这些措施所调查到的价格数据来看，有些措施对房地产市场具有降温作用。
zhí děi zhù yì de shì , xiān qián guān yú zhè xiē cuò shī suǒ diào chá dào de jià gé shù jù lái kàn , yǒu xiē cuò shī duì fáng dì chǎn shì chǎng jù yǒu jiàng wēn zuò yòng 。
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9.
Many of these groups predate the Afghan or Pakistani Taliban and tend to remain independent of either group.
许多这类组织早在阿富汗或巴基斯坦塔利班之前便彼此独立，并仍保持这一倾向。
xǔ duō zhè lèi zǔ zhī zǎo zài ā fù hàn huò bā jī sī tǎn tǎ lì bān zhī qián biàn bǐ cǐ dú lì , bìng réng bǎo chí zhè yī qīng xiàng 。
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10.
Geography partly explains the difference: America is spread out, while European cities predate the car.
也许地理特点可以部分解释两地之间的不同：美国城市是发散式向外建设的，而欧洲城市的形成早于汽车时代。
yě xǔ dì lǐ tè diǎn kě yǐ bù fen jiě shì liǎng dì zhī jiān de bù tóng : měi guó chéng shì shì fā sàn shì xiàng wài jiàn shè de , ér ōu zhōu chéng shì de xíng chéng zǎo yú qì chē shí dài 。
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