predate是什么意思_音标_用法_例句

简单释义：

v. 早于；先于…建成（或形成、发生等）

Web 在日期上早于；提早日期；在历史上早于

变形：

"Past Participle：predated  Present Participle：predating  Simple Present：predates  "

完整释义：

v.

1.倒填…的日期,填早于…的日期
2.在日期上早于[先于]

例句：

1. The custom of the wedding veil is thought to predate the wedding dress by centuries.
   婚纱的习俗比结婚礼服还要早几个世纪。

2. Geography partly explains the difference: America is spread out, while European cities predate the car.
   也许地理特点可以部分解释两地之间的不同：美国城市是发散式向外建设的，而欧洲城市的形成早于汽车时代。

3. Technologies that predate mainstream Web services offer a dual nature in the way they fit into frameworks.
   领先于主流Web服务的技术在适应框架的方式上提供了双重特性。

4. And free SMTP servers predate Microsoft's products.
   还有免费的SMTP服务器，早期的微软产品。

5. Mr Khamenei had already declared such celebrations, which predate Islam, to be religiously unlawful.
   此前，伊朗最高领袖哈梅内伊曾表示，这种庆典早于伊斯兰教存在，在宗教上是非法的。

6. Unlike most of the other droid military units found in the Confederacy, the LM-432 crab droids do not predate the Clone Wars.
   跟邦联的大部分其它军用机器人种类不同，LM-432螃蟹机器人在克隆人战争前并不存在。

7. As I drove to her house, I actually had a case of predate jitters! What would we talk about? What if she didn't like the restaurant I chose?
   我开车驶往母亲住所，竟感到约会前的紧张不安。我们将谈些什么呢？如果她不喜欢我选的餐馆怎么办？

8. Most of its better buildings predate his rule.
   城内比较好的建筑大多在他统治之前兴建。