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

• 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。
• One should note, however, that toilet goods predated the decision in Overton park, which ushered in the concept of judicial review on the record of an informal rulemaking proceeding.
  可是我们必须注意到，“化妆用品”案发生于“奥佛顿公园”案之前，而后一个案件的判决使我们进入对于非正式规则制定程序的记录的司法复审概念的新纪元。
• 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。
• 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。
• That suggests the neurological changes which gave rise to humanity may have predated the brain's expansion& an event that had, hitherto, been regarded as crucial to the emergence of humans.
  这表明，人类产生所依赖的大脑神经上的变化，有可能在大脑变大之前就已经出现&这也是迄今为止被认为是人类诞生的关键因素。
• 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。
• 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。
• The assessment found that some of these gaps predated the conflict, but like many people, health workers also fled the hostilities and some have not yet been able to return to work.
  评估查明，其中一些差距早在冲突之前就存在，但是如同许多民众一样，卫生工作者也逃离敌对行动并且一些人尚未能返回工作。
• 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。
• The Soviet Union's ethnic murders predated Nazi Germany's.
  苏联的种族屠杀要早于纳粹德国。