predated
英 [ˌpriːˈdeɪtɪd]
美 [ˌpriːˈdeɪtɪd]
v. (在日期上)早于，先于
predate的过去分词和过去式
BNC.41553
柯林斯词典
- VERB （在日期上）早于，先于
If you say that one thing predated another, you mean that the first thing happened or existed some time before the second thing.- His troubles predated the recession...
他的问题在经济萧条前就出现了。 - 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。
- His troubles predated the recession...
双语例句
- His troubles predated the recession
他的问题在经济萧条前就出现了。 - 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。 - Soon after his arrival, he had to make a public apology for a personal data leak affecting KT customers, as well as a financial scam that predated him involving one of its subsidiaries.
在他上任后不久，他不得不为一起影响韩国电信客户的个人数据泄露事件以及一桩财务欺诈案（发生在他任职之前，涉及该集团一家子公司）公开致歉。 - 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。 - 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 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Drum towers and half-moons held up better against catapults, since thrown stones were more apt to deflect off a curved wall, but Raventree predated that particular bit of builder's wisdom.
圆形突出于外墙的鼓楼和半月形突出于城墙的塔楼更有利于防御投石机的攻击，因为弧形能更有效的反射飞石，但是显然鸦树城比建筑师积累起这条特殊智慧的年代更为久远。 - 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。 - 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。 - The Soviet Union's ethnic murders predated Nazi Germany's.
苏联的种族屠杀要早于纳粹德国。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Molecular analysis show that S locus genes were originated from the same ancestral species and S domain diversification predated the genus divergence.
分子进化研究表明十字花科S位点基因的多态性来自于共同的祖先，并在不同种分化之前已经形成。 - 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。 - 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。 - Due to some reasons, the physiology characteristics of two sex subpopulations of some populations are different. These characteristics mainly are death rate, birth rate, the ability of competing for food and of avoiding being predated, etc.
在一些种群中，由于各种各样的原因，雌雄两性的生理特征具有明显的不同，这些特征主要表现为出生率、死亡率，竞争食物的能力以及逃避被捕食（或危险）的能力等。