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Indeed , this strand may well predate the anti-pollution effort .

而且，这一目标或许要早于防止污染。

Most Americans consider Halloween a festive occasion , but its roots long predate the United States and its meaning has changed greatly over time .

尽管多数美国人将万圣节视为传统节日，但它的起源却远远早于美国的历史，而且意义也随着时间发生了很大变化。

The monument predates the arrival of the druids in Britain .

这一遗迹在德鲁伊特来到不列颠前就已存在。

His troubles predated the recession

他的问题在经济萧条前就出现了。

Predate Research on the Europe - Asia - Continent Bridge Transport

欧亚&新海大陆桥运输的前期研究

But mistrust of business long predates the financial crisis .

但是，人们对企业的不信任感早在此次金融危机之前就存在了。

The first of these impressive animals , however , predates Internet as we know it .

这些猫咪固然给人们留下了深刻的印象，然而早在它们出现在互联网上并为人所知晓之前，就已经有这样神奇的猫咪了。

Mr Buffett 's capacity to admit error predates his popular fame .

早在声名远播之前，巴菲特就勇于承认错误。

The building predates World War II .

那楝建筑物建於第二次世界大战前。

Null = The database monitor file predates this enhancement

null=数据库监视器文件早于这个增强

with several of these phases predating the earliest known agricultural influence from Southeast Asia .

其中好几个阶段在日期上都早于最早已知的从东南亚传来的农业影响。

Some researchers go so far as to suggest that viruses predate their hosts .

一些研究人员甚至表示，病毒先于宿主出现。

And this literally could predate man in North America if my guesses are right .

如果我的猜测正确，这种植物比北美洲早期人类出现得还要早。

We know that some of man 's close ancestors predated the pleistocene .

我们知道，有些人类近缘祖先出现于更新世之前。

Bubbles long predate bonuses . The crisis could have happened with a 1950s financial sector .

泡沫的出现要比不当的奖金早得多。这场危机也可以发生在一个上世纪50年代式的金融业中。

Some African countries have stocks that predate the ban , which they can also sell .

一些非洲国家在禁令颁布前的象牙库存，也可以合法销售。

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。

The concept of revenue sharing paying commission for referred business predates affiliate marketing and the Internet .

的概念，收入共享付费委员会提到企业早联属网络营销和互联网。

But the slowdown predated the financial crisis ;

但是，生产率增长放缓先于金融危机；

and to add to that , they deliberately predated upon minorities .

此外，他们还故意欺骗美国的少数族裔。

That predates the latest turmoil in financial markets which has forced companies to shed more jobs .

这一时期早于最近的金融市场动荡，最近一波金融动荡迫使企业裁掉更多职位。

For these patients , our treatment options effectively go back to the era that predates the advent of antibiotics .

对于这类患者，我们的治疗选择实际上回到了抗生素出现以前的时期。

All the numbers come from annual disclosure forms , so they predate the worst of the economic crisis .

所有这些数字都来自于年度披露报表，因此反映的是经济危机最严重阶段来临之前的情况。

And touchscreen technology even predates the Simon .

而触屏技术在“西蒙”之前已经出现。

Most military phrases come from the World Wars of the 20th century , and this one predates the Civil War .

绝大多数的军事用语来自20世纪的两次世界大战，而这一词语比国内战争还早。

That almost certainly predates human civilisation .

那几乎是在人类文明之前了。

It predated the 1960s and is still here .

从上世纪60年代一直延续至今。

They lived 1.977m years ago , predating the appearance of Homo erectus by 77000 years .

他们生活于197.7万年前，比直立人早出现7.7万年。

Food scholars believe the earliest versions predated the 18th-century popularization of tomatoes in Italy .

食品领域的研究者认为，它最早的版本要早于18世纪才在意大利普及的番茄。

As I drove to her house , I actually had a case of predate jitters !

我开车驶往母亲住所，竟感到约会前的紧张不安。