predates
v. 提早日期,居先( predate的第三人稱單數 )
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。
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。
The F - 16's evolution predates the ECP process for the airplane.
F -16 的發展過程對於飛機本身來說要早於ECP程式的開始.
Maybe this resistance is because my life experience predates computers being so entwined into daily life.
或許這種反感的原因來源於我在電腦與日常生活聯絡如此緊密之前的人生經歷.
Note that this method is identical in functionality to contains ( which predates the Map interface ).
注意該方法和contains ( 其早於Map介面 ) 功能上相同.