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precede

英[prɪ'siːd] 美[prɪ'sid]
  • vt. 领先,在…之前;优于,高于
  • vi. 领先,在前面

英英释意


1. be earlier in time; go back further;
"Stone tools precede bronze tools"
2. come before;
"Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify"
3. be the predecessor of;
"Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands"
4. move ahead (of others) in time or space
5. 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"