precede
- v.先于;在…之前发生(或出现);走在…前面
过去式： preceded 现在分词： preceding 过去分词： preceded 第三人称单数： precedes
pre- ...前的 + ced 行走,服从 + -e
precedeverb
在…之前发生（或出现）；先于
to happen before sth or come before sth/sb in order
the years preceding the war
战前的几年
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。
She preceded me in the job.
她是我这工作的前任。
See the preceding chapter.
请见前一章。
走在…前面
to go in front of sb
She preceded him out of the room.
她先于他走出屋子。
以…开始（或引导）
to do or say sth to introduce sth else
She preceded her speech with a vote of thanks to the committee.
她讲话的开头是对委员会的鸣谢。
precede
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VERB 发生在…之前；先于
If one event or period of time precedes another, it happens before it.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。
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VERB （顺序、位置）先于，在…前面
If you precede someone somewhere, you go in front of them.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。
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VERB （句、段、章节）在…之前
A sentence, paragraph, or chapter that precedes another one comes just before it.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。
verb
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- furnish with a preface or introduction
- She always precedes her lectures with a joke
- He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution
- Synonym: preface premise introduce
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- move ahead (of others) in time or space
- Synonym: lead
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- be the predecessor of
- Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands
- Synonym: come before
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- come before
- Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify
- Synonym: predate
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- be earlier in time;go back further
- Stone tools precede bronze tools
- Synonym: predate forego forgo antecede antedate
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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。
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A trickle of flowing mud may precede a larger flow .
很小的一股泥石流可能会先于更大的流量。
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See the preceding chapter .
请见前一章。
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She preceded her speech with a vote of thanks to the committee .
她讲话的开头是对委员会的鸣谢。
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She preceded him out of the room .
她先于他走出屋子。
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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。
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Industrial orders had already fallen in the preceding months .
工业订单在前几个月就已减少。
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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。
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Repeat the exercises described in the preceding section .
把前一节要求的练习重做一遍。
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It is a rule of English that adjectives generally precede the noun they modify .
形容词一般放在所修饰名词的前面是英语中的一条规律。
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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。
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Despite the violence that preceded the elections , reports say that polling was orderly and peaceful .
尽管选举前发生了暴力事件，报道说投票得以和平有序地进行。
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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。
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The Speaker is preceded by the mace-bearer upon his entry to the chamber .
当议长走进议事厅的时候，前面由执议长权标的人开路。
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This puts the cart before the horse ; elections should follow , not precede , agreement on a constitution .
这样做是本末倒置；选举应该在宪法确定之后举行，而不是之前。
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They were preceded by mounted cowboys .
他们前面是骑马的牛仔们。
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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。
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The examples in the preceding chapter are used again later .
上一章的例子后面又再次被使用。
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Their plan of seeing a movie together on Friday failed because they had a quarrel on the preceding day .
他们周五一起看电影的计划泡汤了，因为他们在前一天吵了一架。
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Each generation surpasses the preceding one .
一代更比一代强。
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This phrase serves as a connecting link between the preceding and the following .
这个短语起到了承上启下的作用。
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His testimony contradicted that of the preceding witness .
他的证词和前一位的互相矛盾。
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This paragraph doesn 't quite hang together with the preceding one .
这一段跟上一段不太接气（=接不上气）。
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In English a noun may be preceded by a monosyllable called an article .
英语的名词可以冠以一个叫做“冠词”的单音词。
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Restlessness , anxiety , confusion , and twitching may also precede convulsions .
惊厥前也可出现躁动，烦躁，错觉，抽搐等症状。
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The linearized analysis given in the preceding dissussion will not be valid for all types of injection pattern .
以上讨论中提出的线性化分析并非对所有喷射型式都是有效的。
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In the preceding section we discussed the valence bond ( vb ) or electron-pair theory of bonding .
在前面一节，我讨论了价键法&电子配对理论。
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Pay has risen sharply for the highly educated , and those people continue to reap rich rewards into old age because these days the educated elderly are more productive than the preceding generation .
对那些高学历人士而言，工作报酬在大幅增加，这些人将继续获得较高的收入，直到老年，因为当今的老龄高学历人群比上一代人工作更有成效。
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The surety waives in writing the right provided in the preceding paragraph . （
三）保证人以书面形式放弃前款规定的权利的
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Therefore this psychology preceded the inundation of Caudillo politics after independence .
在独立后，这一心态助长了考迪罗主义的泛滥。
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