precedes

英 [prɪˈsiːdz]

美 [prɪˈsiːdz]

v.  在…之前发生(或出现); 先于; 走在…前面
precede的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 发生在…之前；先于
  If one event or period of timeprecedesanother, it happens before it.
  1. Intensive negotiations between the main parties preceded the vote...
     主要政党在选举前进行了集中的谈判。
  2. The earthquake was preceded by a loud roar and lasted 20 seconds...
     地震前有一阵巨大的轰隆声，持续了20秒钟。
  3. Industrial orders had already fallen in the preceding months.
     工业订单在前几个月就已减少。
• VERB （顺序、位置）先于，在…前面
  If youprecedesomeone somewhere, you go in front of them.
  1. He gestured to Alice to precede them from the room...
     他给艾丽斯做手势，让她在他们前面离开房间。
  2. They were preceded by mounted cowboys.
     他们前面是骑马的牛仔们。
• VERB （句、段、章节）在…之前
  A sentence, paragraph, or chapter thatprecedesanother one comes just before it.
  1. Look at the information that precedes the paragraph in question...
     查看正在讨论的这段文字前面的信息。
  2. Repeat the exercises described in the preceding section.
     把前一节要求的练习重做一遍。

双语例句

• Scientists have detected a consistent pattern in the sun's magnetic behavior that precedes solar flares.
  科学家们探测到，太阳耀斑发生之前磁性行为有着一贯的模式。
• At present, humanity is in a state of great spiritual darkness-the darkness which precedes dawn.
  如今，人类正处于一种巨大的精神黑暗的状态&这是黎明前的黑暗。
• The attributive precedes the center word to modify, restrict or describe it.
  定语在中心语前，修饰、限制或描写中心语。
• He can't recite the paragraph, but can do the one that precedes.
  他不能背诵这一段，但能背前面的一段。
• Karyokinesis during cell division, the process of nuclear division that precedes cytoplasmic division.
  有丝分裂：细胞分裂过程中，细胞核先于胞质分裂。
• A transmission control character that precedes a text and may be used to terminate the message heading.
  一种传输控制字符，位于正文之前，可用来终止报文标题〔报头〕。
• Now that you have read that sentence, reread the one that precedes.
  现在你已经读到了那句话，那么再把它前面的一句读一遍。
• To say that something is inevitable is to assert that it will occur no matter what precedes it.
  说某个事件是必然的就是断定，无论前因是什么，那个事件都会出现。
• Theoretical innovation based on practice precedes social development and changes.
  实践基础上的理论创新是社会发展和变革的先导。
• A parenthesis-free notation for forming mathematical expressions in which each operator precedes its operands.
  形成数学表达式时每个算子都先于其操作数的免-括号符号。