preceded

英 [prɪˈsiːdɪd]

美 [prɪˈsiːdɪd]

v.  在…之前发生(或出现); 先于; 走在…前面
precede的过去分词和过去式

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

• All human progress is preceded by new question.
  所有的人类进步都是起于提出的新问题。
• If preceded by high-quality sites and it is doing the reverse link, then you benefited;
  如果之前有高质量的站点和它做反向链接，那你就受益了；
• He came in, preceded by his wife.
  他和他的妻子一前一后地走了进来。
• A gun battle had preceded in the explosions.
  爆炸之前有过一场枪战。
• I sought Mr. Mason, delivered the message, and preceded him from the room.
  我找到了梅森先生，捎了口信，我在前面带他走出屋子。
• The number in this cell is formatted as text or preceded by an apostrophe.
  此单元格中的数字为文本格式，或者其前面有撇号。
• You are posted in what had preceded all this, but I was not.
  你现在已经明白了这件事的全部原委，但我当时却全然不知。
• This time the foolishness preceded the summit.
  这一次，类似的愚蠢行为发生在峰会之前。
• Primary education lasts for four years preceded by one year of pre-school education.
  初等教育为四年，之前有一年的学前教育。
• Generally a noun can be preceded by a numeral-measure word combination, but can't be modified by adverbs.
  名词前边一般能加数词和量词，但不能受副词修饰。