precede
verb[T]
uk/prɪˈsiːd/us/priːˈsiːd/C2
to be or go before something or someone intimeorspace:
(指时间或空间上)处在…之前,先于Kofi Annan preceded Ban Ki-moon as the Secretary-General of the UN.科菲•安南在潘基文之前担任联合国秘书长。
It would behelpfulif you were to precede thereportwithanintroduction.你给这份报告加上一段引言会更好些。
Synonym
prefaceformal
Opposites
follow(HAPPEN)
succeed(FOLLOW)
- This evening'stalkwill be preceded by abriefintroductionfrom Mr Appleby.
- Verbs usually precedeobjectsinEnglish.
- Theattackswere preceded by aperiodofunrestin thecapitalcity.
- He preceded Dennis Healey as theChancellorof the Exchequer.
- I'm notsureif Ifullyunderstandthesentencewhich precedes this one.
Preceding and introducing
- announce
- antedate
- beat
- build(someone/something)up
- countdown
- curtain-raiser
- emcee
- forerunner
- introduce
- introduction
- introductory
- lead
- lead up tosomething
- lead-in
- preface
- preliminary
- prelude
- reintroduce
- review
- runsomethingup