predate 详细解释

predate

[pri:'deit]

v.在日期上早于

词形变化

动词过去式: predated | 动词过去分词: predated | 动词现在分词: predating | 动词第三人称单数: predates |

词义辨析

同义参见:

antedate  

英英释义

动词 predate:

be earlier in time; go back further

同义词:precede, forego, forgo, antecede, antedate

come before

同义词:precede

prey on or hunt for

同义词:raven, prey

establish something as being earlier relative to something else

同义词:antedate, foredate

补充

predatepredate英:[ˈpri:ˈdeit] 美:[priˈdet]v.1.提早日期,居先

例句

1. His troubles predated the recession.他的麻烦早在经济衰退前就出现了。 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。 3. to predate a check把支票上的日期填早 4. This coin predates the Qing Dynasty.这种硬币是在清朝以前就有的。 5. modes of transportation that predate the car在汽车出现前的各种交通方式 6. the native people who predated European settlers in America先于欧洲殖民者生活在美洲的土著民