predated
英 [ˌpriːˈdeɪtɪd]
美 [ˌpriːˈdeɪtɪd]
v. (在日期上)早于，先于
predate的过去分词和过去式
BNC.41553
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...
双语例句
- Soon after his arrival, he had to make a public apology for a personal data leak affecting KT customers, as well as a financial scam that predated him involving one of its subsidiaries.
在他上任后不久，他不得不为一起影响韩国电信客户的个人数据泄露事件以及一桩财务欺诈案（发生在他任职之前，涉及该集团一家子公司）公开致歉。 - The proportion of acorns predated by animals including vertebrates and invertebrates amounts up to 78.3%, indicating that acorn predation by animals is a limiting factor affecting acorn survival before seed dispersal.
脊椎动物和无脊椎动物合计捕食占78.3%。这说明动物对坚果的捕食是影响坚果存活的主要因子。 - We know that some of man's close ancestors predated the pleistocene.
我们知道，有些人类近缘祖先出现于更新世之前。 - Against this, Mr Summers suggests that at least some of the conditions predated the crisis and are likely to be longer lasting.
对此表示反对的萨默斯则认为，至少部分条件在危机前就出现了，而且很可能将持续更长时间。 - Molecular analysis show that S locus genes were originated from the same ancestral species and S domain diversification predated the genus divergence.
分子进化研究表明十字花科S位点基因的多态性来自于共同的祖先，并在不同种分化之前已经形成。 - It predated the 1960s and is still here.
从上世纪60年代一直延续至今。 - To complicate matters, insiders say, Mr Winters whose career at JPMorgan predated Mr Dimon's arrival had an independent streak, operated from a powerful platform in London and held strong views on how to run the bank.
令事情更复杂的是，知情人士表示，在戴蒙到来之前就在摩根大通供职的温特斯个性独立，从伦敦的一个强大平台运作，并对如何经营该行看法鲜明。 - His troubles predated the recession
他的问题在经济萧条前就出现了。 - The Soviet Union's ethnic murders predated Nazi Germany's.
苏联的种族屠杀要早于纳粹德国。 - The fruiting season of low-chilling peach could be predated by 2~ 3 months? That increased its benefit.
短低温桃的成熟期可提早2～3个月，提高桃的经济效益。