precedes

英 [prɪˈsiːdz]

美 [prɪˈsiːdz]

v.  在…之前发生(或出现); 先于; 走在…前面
precede的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 发生在…之前；先于
  If one event or period of timeprecedesanother, it happens before it.
  1. Intensive negotiations between the main parties preceded the vote...
     主要政党在选举前进行了集中的谈判。
  2. The earthquake was preceded by a loud roar and lasted 20 seconds...
     地震前有一阵巨大的轰隆声，持续了20秒钟。
  3. Industrial orders had already fallen in the preceding months.
     工业订单在前几个月就已减少。
• VERB （顺序、位置）先于，在…前面
  If youprecedesomeone somewhere, you go in front of them.
  1. He gestured to Alice to precede them from the room...
     他给艾丽斯做手势，让她在他们前面离开房间。
  2. They were preceded by mounted cowboys.
     他们前面是骑马的牛仔们。
• VERB （句、段、章节）在…之前
  A sentence, paragraph, or chapter thatprecedesanother one comes just before it.
  1. Look at the information that precedes the paragraph in question...
     查看正在讨论的这段文字前面的信息。
  2. Repeat the exercises described in the preceding section.
     把前一节要求的练习重做一遍。

双语例句

• Precedes/ follows relationships indicate sequence, but not dependency.
  前／后关系表示顺序，但不是依赖性。
• Theoretical innovation based on practice precedes social development and changes.
  实践基础上的理论创新是社会发展和变革的先导。
• So, this regexp is equivalent to: Take the first text that precedes a space.
  因此，该regexp相当于：取空格前的第一段文本。
• We live in the Universe that follows the principle that thought precedes matter.
  我相信我们生活在一个思想先于物质的世界。
• Now that you have read that sentence, reread the one that precedes.
  现在你已经读到了那句话，那么再把它前面的一句读一遍。
• Here again, the essence of man precedes that historic existence which we confront in experience.
  在这里又和上面一样，人的本质先于我们在经验中所遭逢到的历史存在。
• The name specifier in the tag that precedes the comments;
  注释前边的标记中的名称说明符；
• To say that something is inevitable is to assert that it will occur no matter what precedes it.
  说某个事件是必然的就是断定，无论前因是什么，那个事件都会出现。
• The number of frames to lead the eyes and head depends on how much thought precedes the main action.
  眼睛和头部居于前的帧的数量依赖于思考领先于主要动作多少。动画师首先必须清楚一个角色对任何特定动作所做的思考处理。
• A parenthesis-free notation for forming mathematical expressions in which each operator precedes its operands.
  形成数学表达式时每个算子都先于其操作数的免-括号符号。