[ 第三人称单数 predates 现在分词 predating 过去式 predated 过去分词 predated ]
V-T If you say that one thing predated another, you mean that the first thing happened or existed some time before the second thing. (日期上)早于; 先于
His troubles predated the recession.
他的麻烦早在经济衰退前就出现了。
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。
These worries predate the ructions in the Arab world.
这些担忧在阿拉伯世界发生动乱之前就出现了。
It says lice are old, predate the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary, and must have been living on something.
它说明了虱子的历史非常久，在白垩纪-早第三纪过渡期之前，而且也肯定是寄生在某种生物上的。
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