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

• 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 Indus civilization was predated by the first farming cultures in South asia, which emerged in the hills of what is now called balochistan, to the west of the Indus valley.
  印度河流域文明居先于南印度的首个农业文明，在现在称为卑路支的山丘上浮现，直到印度河流域的西端。
• 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。
• However, as Mr Bruner and Mr Carr demonstrate in their well-timed book, history shows that contagion has predated computers.
  然而，就象布鲁纳和卡尔在他们很合时宜的著作中所言，历史表明，早在有电脑之前就有危机传播现象了。
• Against this, Mr Summers suggests that at least some of the conditions predated the crisis and are likely to be longer lasting.
  对此表示反对的萨默斯则认为，至少部分条件在危机前就出现了，而且很可能将持续更长时间。
• 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。
• It predated the 1960s and is still here.
  从上世纪60年代一直延续至今。
• 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。
• The Soviet Union's ethnic murders predated Nazi Germany's.
  苏联的种族屠杀要早于纳粹德国。
• 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。