predate是什么意思？

predate

英['pri:'deɪt] 美[priˈdet]

• v. 提早日期，居先；

第三人称单数：predates;

过去式：predated;

过去分词：predated;

现在分词：predating;

例句

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• 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.
  例句
  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。

英英词典释义

• 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

行业词典

• 法律： 提前日期；