precede

英 [prɪˈsiːd]

美 [prɪˈsiːd]

v.  在…之前发生(或出现); 先于; 走在…前面

过去分词：preceded　过去式：preceded　现在分词：preceding　第三人称单数：precedes　

CET6考研TOEFLGREIELTSTEM8

Collins.2 / BNC.4328 / COCA.5604

短语用例

precede sth with sth

• 以…开始（或引导）
  to do or say sth to introduce sth else
  1. the years preceding the war
     战前的几年
  2. His resignation was preceded by weeks of speculation.
     在他辞职之前，有关的猜测已持续了几个星期。
  3. She preceded me in the job.
     她是我这工作的前任。
  4. See the preceding chapter.
     请见前一章。

牛津词典

verb

• 在…之前发生（或出现）；先于
  to happen before sth or come before sth/sb in order
  1. the years preceding the war
     战前的几年
  2. His resignation was preceded by weeks of speculation.
     在他辞职之前，有关的猜测已持续了几个星期。
  3. She preceded me in the job.
     她是我这工作的前任。
  4. See the preceding chapter.
     请见前一章。
• 走在…前面
  to go in front of sb
  1. She preceded him out of the room.
     她先于他走出屋子。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 发生在…之前；先于
  If one event or period of timeprecedesanother, it happens before it.
  1. Intensive negotiations between the main parties preceded the vote...
     主要政党在选举前进行了集中的谈判。
  2. The earthquake was preceded by a loud roar and lasted 20 seconds...
     地震前有一阵巨大的轰隆声，持续了20秒钟。
  3. Industrial orders had already fallen in the preceding months.
     工业订单在前几个月就已减少。
• VERB （顺序、位置）先于，在…前面
  If youprecedesomeone somewhere, you go in front of them.
  1. He gestured to Alice to precede them from the room...
     他给艾丽斯做手势，让她在他们前面离开房间。
  2. They were preceded by mounted cowboys.
     他们前面是骑马的牛仔们。
• VERB （句、段、章节）在…之前
  A sentence, paragraph, or chapter thatprecedesanother one comes just before it.
  1. Look at the information that precedes the paragraph in question...
     查看正在讨论的这段文字前面的信息。
  2. Repeat the exercises described in the preceding section.
     把前一节要求的练习重做一遍。

英英释义

verb

• furnish with a preface or introduction
  1. She always precedes her lectures with a joke
  2. He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution
  Synonym:prefacepremiseintroduce
• move ahead (of others) in time or space
  Synonym:lead
• be the predecessor of
  1. Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands
  Synonym:come before
• come before
  1. Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify
  Synonym:predate
• be earlier in time
  1. Stone tools precede bronze tools
  Synonym:predateforegoforgoantecedeantedate

双语例句

• Industrial orders had already fallen in the preceding months.
  工业订单在前几个月就已减少。
• 'inherits'statement must precede all declarations in a class.
  “inherits”语句必须位于类中的所有声明之前。
• You can precede it with a line number, range, pattern to match, or enclosed in slashes.
  您可以在它前面附加行号、范围、要匹配或包括在斜杠中的模式。
• To escape the quote, we use a backward slash to precede it.
  为了转换该引用，我们在它之前使用了一个反斜杠。
• Either way, the point is that in JSR Groovy, I have to precede the variable with something.
  不论哪种方法，重要的一点是：在JSRGroovy中，必须在变量前加上某些东西。
• We expected a decade of analysis to precede final action on our proposal.
  我们预期要经过十年的分析才能最终根据我们的提案采取行动。
• Look at the information that precedes the paragraph in question
  查看正在讨论的这段文字前面的信息。
• It is a rule of English that adjectives generally precede the noun they modify: we say 'a good cry', not 'a cry good'.
  英语规定形容词通常放在其修饰的名词前：我们说agoodcry，不说acrygood。
• A clean-up of banking systems would have to precede the introduction of a European resolution fund and deposit insurance.
  在建立欧洲清算基金和存款保险制度之前，需要对银行系统进行清理。
• The end time cannot precede the start time. Please enter a new time range.
  结束时间不能先于开始时间。请输入新的时间范围。