predate的中文翻譯是什麼意思
predate
v. 提早日期，居先
predate的柯林斯釋義
VERB（在日期上）早於，先於
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...
他的問題在經濟蕭條前就出現了。
The monument predates the arrival of the druids in Britain.
這一遺蹟在德魯伊特來到不列顛前就已存在。
predate的英文釋義
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
predate的場景例句
Indeed, this strand may well predate the anti - pollution effort.
而且, 這一目標或許要早於防止汙染.
The origins of this theory actually predate widespread interest in 2012.
這個理論的起源早在2012年前,就廣泛的傳播了.
Cooling towers predate the nuclear age; a fact that may surprise many.
冷卻塔早在核時代到來以前就出現了, 這個事實也許讓人感到吃驚.
These mammals predate certain eggs.
這些哺乳動物出現的年代早於某些卵生動物.
As I drove to her house, I actually had a case of predate jitters!
我開車駛往母親住所, 竟感到約會前的緊張不安.