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单词 pre-existed
释义
pre-existed
past participle, past simple ofpre-exist
pre-exist
verb[IorT]
formal
uk
/ˌpriː.ɪɡˈzɪst/us
/ˌpriː.ɪɡˈzɪst/
toexistbefore somethingelse:
Dinosaurs pre-existedhumanbeingsbymany millions ofyears.
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Existing and being
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  • estate
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  • extant
  • found
  • have legsidiom
  • hood
  • lie in
  • living
  • run
  • spring up
  • they're
  • thing
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(Definition ofpre-existedfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

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pre-existed

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

Even if these techniquespre-existed, it was their first utilisation within a compositional context.
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This quartet reveals new insights with every repeat listening, while sounding as if it has somehowpre-existed(a quality it seems to share with many earlier masterpieces).
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Matterpre-existedeven the creation of our universe; nothing can be created from nothing.
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Sometimes anxietypre-existedalcohol or benzodiazepine dependence, but the dependence was acting to keep the anxiety disorders going and often progressively making them worse.
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I have little doubt of our havingpre-existed; and that also in the time of our pre-existence we were actively employed.
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Schumpeter argued that imperialism was not a necessary jump-start for capitalism, nor is it needed to bolster capitalism, because imperialismpre-existedcapitalism.
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Sometimes anxiety disorderspre-existedalcohol or benzodiazepine dependence but the alcohol or benzodiazepine dependence often act to keep the anxiety disorders going and often progressively making them worse.
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Sometimes anxietypre-existedalcohol or benzodiazepine dependence but the alcohol or benzodiazepine dependence act to keep the anxiety disorders going and often progressively making them worse.
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