单词predate
v.: 填早于…的日期；在日期上早于[先于]
网络: 先于…建成的
在日期上早于[先于]
倒填…的日期,填早于…的日期
过去分词：predated
现在分词：predating
第三人称单数：predates
v.precedego beforeantedatepreexistpre-exist
Partly this showed the age of MathML, since all of the initial design predated the final version of the XML standard.
这在一定程度上反映了MathML的年头，因为所有最初的设计都早于最终版的XML标准。
China predated him; it strides into the historical consciousness as an established state requiring only restoration, not creation.
中国先于他而存在；当中国闯入历史意识时，它是一个已然建立的国度，只待复兴，不必创造。
It was impossible to say whether their current heart damage predated their marathon training.
因此，无法断定他们心脏受损是发生在马拉松训练之前或者之后。
Then again, Putnam"s research predated the smartphone revolution and he pretty much ignored the Internet.
再说，Putnam的调查先于智能手机革命的出现，他的调查也几乎忽略了互联网的存在。
Parpola thinks miniature models of wheeled wagons, which are commonly found in the Eurasian steppes, likely predated human-scale wagons.
帕珀拉认为四轮马车的小型模型，这在欧亚大草原非常普遍，正是早期的人类大规模的马车。
However, as Mr Bruner and Mr Carr demonstrate in their well-timed book, history shows that contagion has predated computers.
然而，就象布鲁纳和卡尔在他们很合时宜的著作中所言，历史表明，早在有电脑之前就有危机传播现象了。
Part of the explanation lies in the timing of the latter studies, which predated the present economic crisis.
部分原因在于后者的研究时机先于当前的经济危机。
Google replaced the images with photographs that predated the construction of the base.
谷歌已经将这批图片换成基地建设之前所拍摄的照片。
This cover, from 1962, predated the now traditional bubble covers, but remains a classic example of British self-deprecation.
这张封面源自1962年，早于现在传统的泡泡封面，但仍是英式自嘲的经典图片。
It predated the 1960s and is still here.
从上世纪60年代一直延续至今。