predated

英 [ˌpriːˈdeɪtɪd]

美 [ˌpriːˈdeɪtɪd]

v.  (在日期上)早于，先于
predate的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：predated　过去式：predated　

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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

• 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。
• Partly this showed the age of MathML, since all of the initial design predated the final version of the XML standard.
  这在一定程度上反映了MathML的年头，因为所有最初的设计都早于最终版的XML标准。
• 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。
• Part of the explanation lies in the timing of the latter studies, which predated the present economic crisis.
  部分原因在于后者的研究时机先于当前的经济危机。
• There is the Xia which predated them but by all historical records, the earliest that one started was2000 BC.
  但是根据所有的历史记录，夏朝的历史要更早，其可追溯到公元前2000年。
• His troubles predated the recession
  他的问题在经济萧条前就出现了。
• Drum towers and half-moons held up better against catapults, since thrown stones were more apt to deflect off a curved wall, but Raventree predated that particular bit of builder's wisdom.
  圆形突出于外墙的鼓楼和半月形突出于城墙的塔楼更有利于防御投石机的攻击，因为弧形能更有效的反射飞石，但是显然鸦树城比建筑师积累起这条特殊智慧的年代更为久远。
• Nokia had previously said it would use Maemo on a small number of phones, but this predated news of the MeeGo OS.
  诺基亚过去虽然也曾经有表示过会用Maemo平台开发多款手机，但这些言论全部都是在他们与Intel定下有关MeeGo系统的海誓山盟之前说出来的。
• It predated the 1960s and is still here.
  从上世纪60年代一直延续至今。