predated是什么意思？

predated

• v. 提早日期，居先( predate的过去式和过去分词 )；

例句

• 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.
• He predated the check by five days. 他把支票上的日期填早了五天.
• His troubles predated the recession. 他的问题在经济萧条前就出现了。
• His troubles predated the recession... 他的问题在经济萧条前就出现了。

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• 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。