precede

verb

1. 在…之前发生（或出现）；先于
   to happen before sth or come before sth/sb in order
   1. the years preceding the war
      战前的几年
   2. His resignation was preceded by weeks of speculation.
      在他辞职之前，有关的猜测已持续了几个星期。
   3. She preceded me in the job.
      她是我这工作的前任。
   4. See the preceding chapter.
      请见前一章。
2. 走在…前面
   to go in front of sb
   1. She preceded him out of the room.
      她先于他走出屋子。

1. VERB 发生在…之前；先于
   If one event or period of time precedes another, 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。
2. VERB （顺序、位置）先于，在…前面
   If you precede someone 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。
3. VERB （句、段、章节）在…之前
   A sentence, paragraph, or chapter that precedes another 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。

1. This puts the cart before the horse; elections should follow, not precede, agreement on a constitution.
   这样做是本末倒置；选举应该在宪法确定之后举行，而不是之前。
2. It is a rule of English that adjectives generally precede the noun they modify: we say 'a good cry', not 'a cry good'.
   英语规定形容词通常放在其修饰的名词前：我们说agoodcry，不说acrygood。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. Industrial orders had already fallen in the preceding months.
   工业订单在前几个月就已减少。
6. 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。
7. They were preceded by mounted cowboys.
   他们前面是骑马的牛仔们。
8. 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。
9. Repeat the exercises described in the preceding section.
   把前一节要求的练习重做一遍。
10. It is a rule of English that adjectives generally precede the noun they modify.
    形容词一般放在所修饰名词的前面是英语中的一条规律。
11. Restlessness, anxiety, confusion, and twitching may also precede convulsions.
    惊厥前也可出现躁动，烦躁，错觉，抽搐等症状。
12. The reference must exist in the test and precede the conditional block.
    这个引用必须存在于测试中并且在条件块前。
13. Either way, the point is that in JSR Groovy, I have to precede the variable with something.
    不论哪种方法，重要的一点是：在JSRGroovy中，必须在变量前加上某些东西。
14. Within the tests, the references must precede the code that they affect.
    在这些测试中，这些引用必须写在它们所影响的代码的前面。
15. To escape the quote, we use a backward slash to precede it.
    为了转换该引用，我们在它之前使用了一个反斜杠。
16. You can precede it with a line number, range, pattern to match, or enclosed in slashes.
    您可以在它前面附加行号、范围、要匹配或包括在斜杠中的模式。
17. The end time cannot precede the start time. Please enter a new time range.
    结束时间不能先于开始时间。请输入新的时间范围。
18. I was complete this work precede him.
    我比他优先完成这份工作。
19. All you have to do is precede it by the operator "define:".
    所有你必须做的是先于它的经营者“的定义：”。
20. 'inherits'statement must precede all declarations in a class.
    “inherits”语句必须位于类中的所有声明之前。
21. He dissatisfied that I am promoted precede him.
    他不满我先于他被提升。
22. Each document number is greater than all that precede it in the enumeration.
    每个证件号码是大于所有枚举它在前面。
23. A clean-up of banking systems would have to precede the introduction of a European resolution fund and deposit insurance.
    在建立欧洲清算基金和存款保险制度之前，需要对银行系统进行清理。
24. I lived in ShenZhen precede I came to Canada.
    我在来加拿大之前住在深圳。
25. But problem first mention above shall precede all other.
    但是，上述问题是最先提到的。应比其他问题提前解决。
26. Even France learns the latest German strategy in the Merkel-Sarkozy meetings that precede each summit.
    就连法国也是从每次峰会前默克尔和萨科齐的会晤中了解德国最新的战略。
27. It would be helpful if you were to precede the report with an introduction.
    你若在报告前加上引言将会大有帮助。
28. We expected a decade of analysis to precede final action on our proposal.
    我们预期要经过十年的分析才能最终根据我们的提案采取行动。
29. Agricultural development simply must precede economic development.
    农业的发展必须在整个经济发展中处于领先地位。
30. This is a very bearish development, which often precede a change in primary trend's direction.
    这是非常走跌的趋势发展，这往往可能是标志一个主要趋势改变的前奏。

precede sth with sth

1. 以…开始（或引导）
   to do or say sth to introduce sth else
   1. the years preceding the war
      战前的几年
   2. His resignation was preceded by weeks of speculation.
      在他辞职之前，有关的猜测已持续了几个星期。
   3. She preceded me in the job.
      她是我这工作的前任。
   4. See the preceding chapter.
      请见前一章。

verb

1. furnish with a preface or introduction
   1. She always precedes her lectures with a joke
   2. He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution

   Synonym:    prefacepremiseintroduce

2. move ahead (of others) in time or space

   Synonym:    lead

3. be the predecessor of
   1. Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands

   Synonym:    come before

4. come before
   1. Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify

   Synonym:    predate

5. be earlier in time
   1. Stone tools precede bronze tools

   Synonym:    predateforegoforgoantecedeantedate