precedes

英 [prɪˈsiːdz]

美 [prɪˈsiːdz]

v.  在…之前发生(或出现); 先于; 走在…前面
precede的第三人称单数

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。

双语例句

• Now that you've read that sentence, reread the one that precedes.
  既然你已读完那个句子，那么就再读前面的。
• But there is no logical sense in which age precedes telephone number.
  但是，将年龄放在电话号码前并没有什么逻辑含义。
• To say that something is inevitable is to assert that it will occur no matter what precedes it.
  说某个事件是必然的就是断定，无论前因是什么，那个事件都会出现。
• The name specifier in the tag that precedes the comments;
  注释前边的标记中的名称说明符；
• Now that you have read that sentence, reread the one that precedes.
  现在你已经读到了那句话，那么再把它前面的一句读一遍。
• Life is a predicament that precedes death.
  人生是个困境，在死亡之前。
• Scientists have detected a consistent pattern in the sun's magnetic behavior that precedes solar flares.
  科学家们探测到，太阳耀斑发生之前磁性行为有着一贯的模式。
• Every decade is, in some way, defined and shaped by the one that precedes it.
  某种程度上讲，每个十年都是由之前十年所定义和塑造的。
• He can't recite the paragraph, but can do the one that precedes.
  他不能背诵这一段，但能背前面的一段。
• Nature precedes art and human artifice or human making.
  自然先于艺术，人的技巧和人的形成。