英语单词短语词组“post-date”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析-英汉词典

post-date

verb[T]

(alsopostdate)

to write adateon adocument,especiallyacheque, that islaterthan thedateon which you are writing it:

If you cannottrustthesalesmantowaituntil thedateon achequebeforepresentingit, then post-dating it ispointless.

We alwayspayourcreditcardbillbypost-datedchequefor encashment on theduedate.

a postdatedletterofresignation

to make something such as apaymentbecomeeffectiveat alaterdate:

be post-datedThecompanyhas a lot ofordersthat were postdated untilJanuary

tohappenorexistafter something:

The newtermsandconditions, which postdate thetimeyou usedyourcard,statethat if you make achargein acurrencyother thansterling, thatchargewill beconvertedintosterling.

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backdate

(Definition ofpost-datefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpost-date

post-date

Several observations of deformation structures at the grain-scalepost-datethe deformation bands.

From theCambridge English Corpus

Thus, the differential rock uplift that led to dismemberment of the partial annealing zone mustpost-datethis cooling event.

From theCambridge English Corpus

Patients with dermatomyositis have a four-fold increased risk of malignancy which may precede orpost-datethe onset of myositis.

From theCambridge English Corpus

These measurements will give conservative (minimum) measures of colonisation and growth rates, as the date at which colonisation began is unknown but mustpost-datethe s tructure itself.

From theCambridge English Corpus

This might result from the fact that these families are composed of multiple subfamilies, some of which pre-date the split of the murine and primate lineages while otherspost-dateit.

From theCambridge English Corpus

Indeed, most buildings that adjoin the railwaypost-dateits construction.

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Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0

This house is believed topost-datethe eastern house due to its smaller size and use of bead board for interior finishes.

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