英汉词典

predate 基本解释

v.

提早日期，居先；

变形

过去式：predated过去分词：predated现在分词：predating第三人称单数：predates

英英释义

predate[ pri:'deit ]

v.be earlier in time; go back further

同义词：precedeforegoforgoantecedeantedate

come before

同义词：precede

prey on or hunt for

"These mammals predate certain eggs"

同义词：ravenprey

establish something as being earlier relative to something else

同义词：antedateforedate

predate 相关例句

双语例句

用作动词(v.)

1. The custom of the wedding veil should predate wedding dress by centries.
   婚纱的习俗要比婚服早几个世纪。

权威例句

Does bee color vision predate the evolution of flower color?
Autoantibodies predate the onset of systemic lupus erythematosus in northern Sweden
HLA-A and B polymorphisms predate the divergence of humans and chimpanzees
HLA-A and HLA-B polymorphism predate the divergence of human and chimpanzees
Neuroanatomical abnormalities that predate the onset of psychosis: a multicenter study
Structural brain alterations associated with dyslexia predate reading onset.
Three divergent rDNA clusters predate the species divergence in Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl. and Quercus robur L.
Do alpha-synuclein aggregates in autonomic plexuses predate Lewy body disorders?: a cohort study
The MADS-box floral homeotic gene lineages predate the origin of seed plants: phylogenetic and molecular clock estimates.
Anti-p53 antibodies in sera from patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease can predate a diagnosis of cancer.