predate

predate读音音标

英[\\\'pri:\\\'deɪt]

美[priˈdet]

基本意思释义

v.提早日期，居先

词性变化

第三人称单数:predates;

过去式:predated;

过去分词:predated;

现在分词:predating;

短语及实用例句

Indeed, this strand may well predate the anti - pollution effort.

而且, 这一目标或许要早于防止污染.

英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

The origins of this theory actually predate widespread interest in 2012.

这个理论的起源早在2012年前,就广泛的传播了.

Cooling towers predate the nuclear age; a fact that may surprise many.

冷却塔早在核时代到来以前就出现了, 这个事实也许让人感到吃惊.

These mammals predate certain eggs.

这些哺乳动物出现的年代早于某些卵生动物.

As I drove to her house, I actually had a case of predate jitters!

我开车驶往母亲住所, 竟感到约会前的紧张不安.

英英释义

Verb

1. be earlier in time; go back further;

\"Stone tools precede bronze tools\"

2. come before;

\"Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify\"

3. prey on or hunt for;

\"These mammals predate certain eggs\"

4. establish something as being earlier relative to something else