predating

英 [ˌpriːˈdeɪtɪŋ]

美 [ˌpriːˈdeɪtɪŋ]

v.  (在日期上)早于，先于
predate的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB （在日期上）早于，先于
  If you say that one thingpredatedanother, you mean that the first thing happened or existed some time before the second thing.
  1. His troubles predated the recession...
     他的问题在经济萧条前就出现了。
  2. The monument predates the arrival of the druids in Britain.
     这一遗迹在德鲁伊特来到不列颠前就已存在。

双语例句

• He also seized the opportunity to urge the Congress to act soon on changes to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which dates from the1970s, predating cell phones and the Internet.
  他也借此机会强迫国会尽快实施外国情报监视法，这项法案起始于20世纪70年代，比手机和网络还早。
• According to researches on mechanism of predating nematodes, Arthrobotrys mainly generates predacious organ by alive nematodes and predates alive quarries.
  基础科研主要集中在节丛孢捕虫机理的研究上，结果显示，节丛孢主要在活线虫的诱导下产生捕虫器官，捕捉活线虫；
• Predating modern elastic, early swimsuits were made from knitted cotton and wools that grew heavy and hung uncomfortably when wet.
  比现代的弹性布料更早，早期泳衣由针织棉和针织毛制成，在湿身时会变得非常沉重和不舒适。
• He also propounded the Heliocentric theory of gravitation, thus predating Copernicus by almost one thousand years.
  他也提出以引力作用为基础的日心说，比哥白尼早了几乎一千年。
• Mr Carney introduced plastic banknotes in Canada while head of its central bank, although the BoE has been researching a switch to plastic for three years, predating his arrival in July as governor.
  卡尼在担任加拿大央行行长时为该国推出了塑料钞票，不过他今年7月才赴英国央行上任，而英国央行三年前就开始研究用塑料钞票替代纸钞。
• The advance of research and utilization of industrial, medical, edible, feed, predating, pollinating and cultural insects were reviewed and the prospect of these resources was discussed.
  从工业用昆虫、药用昆虫、食用昆虫、饲用昆虫、天敌昆虫、传粉昆虫、文化昆虫等方面，简要概述了资源昆虫的研究利用状况及前景展望。
• The serious degeneration of grassland and environment caused by years of predating exploitation became the main obstacle for sustainable development in this area.
  长期以来，由于对草原掠夺式开发利用，导致草原严重退化，环境恶化，成为本区可持续发展的制约因素。
• The little black ladybird beetle can predate on the egg, nymph, pupa and adult of the whitefly, with high activity and large predating quantity.
  小黑瓢虫成虫寿命长达90－130天，可捕食粉虱卵、若虫、成虫各虫态，且捕食量大，活动能力强，是高氏瘤粉虱的有效天敌，具有很好的保护利用价值。
• Nearly half the Negev's Bedouin live in villages often predating the state but officially unrecognised and so denied state support.
  将近一半在内盖夫的贝都因人早在这个国家成立之前就住在镇子里但是不被官方承认，也否认国家支持。
• But with the amulet and the ceremonial tablet, it becomes an important historical artifact predating the Bible by centuries.
  有了护身符和仪式石板，它就成了一件重要的历史古文物，甚至比圣经时代还要古老好几个世纪。