That was antecedent to this event.

那是在这件事之前的事。

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The cavemen lived in a period of history antecedent to written records.

山顶洞人生活在有文字记载之前的一个历史时期。

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The cave men lived in a period of history antecedent to written records.

穴居人生活在有文字记载之前的一个历史时期。

youdao

It sort of opens things up, and we refer to this as the antecedent phrase.

可以说是开启一切,我们可以把它当做先行乐句

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