predate
发音
英 ['pri:'deɪt]
美 [priˈdet]
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- v.
- 提早日期,居先
单词词源
predate 早于
pre-,在前,早于,date,日期。
双语例句
- 1. Indeed , this strand may well predate the anti-pollution effort .
- 而且,这一目标或许要早于防止污染。
- 2. Some african countries have stocks that predate the ban , which they can also sell .
- 一些非洲国家在禁令颁布前的象牙库存,也可以合法销售。
- 3. Mr khamenei had already declared such celebrations , which predate islam , to be religiously unlawful .
- 哈梅内伊已宣布这些先于伊斯兰的庆祝活动从宗教上说是不合法的。
- 4. 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。
- 5. But , being over 11000 years old , they predate the domestication of cereals in the middle east by a millennium .
- 但几乎都有1.1万年的历史了,这比人类在中东地区开始耕种谷物要早1千年的时间。