专业释义英英释义
precede [ pri:'si:d, pri- ]
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v.
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be earlier in time; go back further
"Stone tools precede bronze tools"
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come before
"Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify"
同义词： predate
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be the predecessor of
"Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands"
同义词： come before
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move ahead (of others) in time or space
同义词： lead
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furnish with a preface or introduction
"She always precedes her lectures with a joke"
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be earlier in time; go back further
以上来源于: WordNet
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
precede /prɪˈsiːd/ CET6 TEM4 ( preceding, preceded, precedes )
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V-T If one event or period of time precedes another, it happens before it. (某事件) 先于 (另一事件) 而发生; (某时段) 先于 (另一时段) 而存在 [正式]
例：Intensive negotiations between the main parties preceded the vote.
投票之前，主要政党间进行了深入细致的磋商。
例：The earthquake was preceded by a loud roar and lasted 20 seconds.
地震之前有一声巨响，持续了20秒钟。
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V-T If you precede someone somewhere, you go in front of them. 走在…的前面 [正式]
例：He gestured to Alice to precede them from the room.
他示意艾丽斯从房间里出来走在他们前面。
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V-T A sentence, paragraph, or chapter that precedes another one comes just before it. (句、段、章) 处于 (另一句、段、章) 之前
例：Look at the information that precedes the paragraph in question.
请看所谈这一段之前的信息。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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The minister of arts and culture, Lulu Xingwana, noted the opening is to be preceded by a music concert Thursday of international and African stars.
VOA: standard.2010.06.10
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There is a return to these kinds of theoretical defences of absolutism that even preceded the growth of the absolute state as I've described it.
有一点需注意,对于绝对主义的理论辩护,甚至早于绝对主义国家的兴起,之前我已经描述过这个过程
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There is a kind of manifest and knowing confusion of the two in literature-- and Freud always says that the poets preceded him in everything that he thought--which suggests that it is rather hard to keep these things separate.
文学中二者并没有明确区分-,他想来想去也找不到论据,这就证明,的确很难区分它们。
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