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

• So, this regexp is equivalent to: Take the first text that precedes a space.
  因此，该regexp相当于：取空格前的第一段文本。
• 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。
• The attributive precedes the center word to modify, restrict or describe it.
  定语在中心语前，修饰、限制或描写中心语。
• My fame always precedes me.
  我的名声总是比我的人先行？
• Life is a predicament that precedes death.
  人生是个困境，在死亡之前。
• Nature precedes art and human artifice or human making.
  自然先于艺术，人的技巧和人的形成。
• Here again, the essence of man precedes that historic existence which we confront in experience.
  在这里又和上面一样，人的本质先于我们在经验中所遭逢到的历史存在。
• His reputation for numerical inflation, repeat announcements and double counting precedes him.
  布朗素有夸大数字、重复声明和重复计算的名声。
• Economy precedes every other problem.
  经济问题优先于所有其他问题。
• Precedes/ follows relationships indicate sequence, but not dependency.
  前／后关系表示顺序，但不是依赖性。