predate
英 [pri?'de?t]
美[pri'det]
- vt. 在日期上早于（先于）
暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?predates;過(guò)去式:?predated;過(guò)去分詞:?predated;現(xiàn)在分詞:?predating;
中文詞源
predate 早于
pre-,在前，早于，date,日期。
英文詞源
- predate (v.)
- "to seek prey," 1974, a back-formation from predator, etc. Related: Predated; predating. For the word meaning "antedate; pre-exist," see pre-date.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Indeed, this strand may well predate the anti - pollution effort.
- 而且, 這一目標(biāo)或許要早于防止污染.
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- 2. The origins of this theory actually predate widespread interest in 2012.
- 這個(gè)理論的起源早在2012年前,就廣泛的傳播了.
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- 3. Cooling towers predate the nuclear age; a fact that may surprise many.
- 冷卻塔早在核時(shí)代到來(lái)以前就出現(xiàn)了, 這個(gè)事實(shí)也許讓人感到吃驚.
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- 4. These mammals predate certain eggs.
- 這些哺乳動(dòng)物出現(xiàn)的年代早于某些卵生動(dòng)物.
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- 5. 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(huì)前的緊張不安.
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