词义：predates 表示某事在时间上早于另一件事，比其先发生或存在。
词性：动词
词组搭配：predate on 表示捕食或掠夺，predates back to 表示追溯到，predates the modern era 表示早于现代时代等。
短语：无
发音拼写：[pri-deyts]
英文例句：
1. The earliest known map of the world predates the invention of writing.
2. This tradition predates Christmas by centuries.
3. This style of architecture predates the Renaissance.
4. The original building predates the Civil War.
5. The dinosaurs predates humans by millions of years.
6. The fossil evidence predates the birth of Christ.
7. The existence of unicorns predates modern times.
中文例句：
1. 已知世界上最早的地图在文字发明之前，可以追溯到约前2xx年。
2. 这一传统的历史可以追溯到数个世纪以前，早于圣诞节的出现。
3. 这种建筑风格早于文艺复兴时期。
4. 原建筑建造早于内战时期。
5. 恐龙的出现比人类早几百万年。
6. 化石证据可以追溯到公元前的年代。
7. 独角兽的存在早于现代时代。
predates的意思是“早于”，表示某事在时间上早于另一件事情。它的读音为 /pri?de?ts/。
中文翻译：早于，先于，先行于。
例句：
1. The discoveries in the cave predate the arrival of humans in the area.
这个洞的发现比人类到达这个地区早。
2. The building predates the 19th century and is therefore protected by law.
这座建筑早于19世纪，因此受到法律保护。
3. The invention of the printing press predates the modern era and was a major advancement in communication.
印刷术的发明早于现代时代，是通信领域的一个重大进步。
predates通常被翻译为”居先、的第三人称单数”的意思，作为名词时有”提早日期”的意思，在线读音是[?pri:?deits]，predates是一个英语名词，在《郎文英汉双解大词典》中，共找到22个与predates相关的例句。
1.居先
例句:And in fact, that’s actually sustaining a long-standing trend that predates human beings, OK, that biological evolution was doing for us. (事实上， 这个远期的趋势在人类出现之前就定好了 这是生物进化的客观规律所决定的)
2.的第三人称单数
例句:Which means that this structure predates the reign of akhenaten by generations. (这意味着，该结构早 阿肯那顿的几代王朝。)
3.提早日期
例句:That fact predates technology. (事实可比科技出现得要早 That fact predates technology.)
1. That fact predates technology. (翻译:事实可比科技出现得要早 That fact predates technology.)
2. In fact, animals swimming in these caves today are identical in the fossil record that predates the extinction of the dinosaurs. (翻译:实际上，现在在 这些洞游来游去的动物 都能在化石标本中找到， 它们甚至出现在恐龙灭绝之前。)
3. The symbol you’re seeing is part of a prophecy that predates Christ which tells of an ancient satanic sect. (翻译:我们看到的那个倒镰刀标记是 在之前的一个预言的一部分 这是讲述古代的一个)
4. The FSF has a penchant for puns, and this one seemed appropriate, I suppose. The name predates my involvement. (翻译:自由软件基金会对双关语有强烈嗜好，而且我以为，这一个看来好象是相称的。这一名字早在我参与之前就有。)
5. Uncle Sam predates Flagg’s poster by over a century and is the product of a different war. (翻译:山姆大叔出现的时间要比弗兰格的广告早一个世纪，它是另一场战争的产品。)
6. But the tradition of self-promotion predates the camera by millenniums. (翻译:但是，自我推销的传统要比照相机的发明早几千年。)
7. You’ve uncovered an abstract Mondrian that predates Cubism. (翻译:你在揭示在立体主义前面一个抽象的蒙德里安)
8. So, the wood sample that you sent me– it predates 1945 because it lacks the isotopes cesium-134 and strontium-90. (翻译:所以你们送过来的木屑样本 是xx年前的 因为里面缺少 铯134和锶90的同位素)
9. You gotta understand, this thing that’s after you, if it exists, it predates religion. (翻译:你得明白，这些总萦绕在你身边的神秘之物 如果它真的存在，它比还要早 甚至比人类还要早)
10. I’VE CHECKED AND MOST OF OUR INVENTORY PREDATES THE CURRENT SYSTEM (翻译:我已经检查了我们的库存大部分 早于当前系统)
11. Gecko, which originated at Netscape and predates KHTML, is often criticized for its large and infamously complex code base. (翻译:Gecko源自Netscape，并早于KHTML，Gecko因庞大与复杂的代码基础而频遭诟病。)
12. It predates any known Mandarin attack. (翻译:时间上早于任何已知的曼达林袭击事件 It predates any known Mandarin attack.)
13. Sock puppetry predates the Internet and has never gone out of style in traditional media, but it’s easier than ever to pull off online. (翻译:马甲们先于互联网出现，他们在传统媒体时代也从未过时。不过好像在互联网中取得胜利要容易一些。)
14. Gecko, which originated at Netscape and predates KHTML, is often criticized for its large and infamously complex code base. (翻译:gecko源自netscape，并早于KHTML, Gecko因庞大与复杂的代码基础而频遭诟病。)
15. – It predates the Earth by a billion years. (翻译:它在地球诞生前几十亿年就存在了 It predates the earth by a billion years.)
predates作为名词的时候，其近义词以及反义词有0、predate/1、3等。
