| 单词 | antedate |
| 释义 | antedate verb[T] uk/ˌæn.tiˈdeɪt/us/ˈæn.t̬i.deɪt/formalforpredate 早于…存在Preceding and introducing
antedate| Business Englishantedate verb[T] uk/ˌæntiˈdeɪt/us/ˈæntiˌdeɪt/US to put adateon adocumentthat isearlierthan thedateit issigned: an antedatedcheck Compare backdate post-date to haveexistedorhappenedbefore somethingelse: antedate sth by 6 months/ten years, etc.Adverseinformationthat antedates aconsumerreportby more than sevenyearsis not reportable. Examplesofantedateantedate The passage could have been excised, which seems unlikely; it could alsoantedatethe sources that include it. From theCambridge English Corpus This rejection of all preexisting models positioned his interpretive method as a final break with all of the dream psychologies antedating his own. From theCambridge English Corpus Much of this transformation antedates the merger movement, including provisions allowing for combinations. From theCambridge English Corpus It also seems safe to assume that evidential modality antedates evaluative modality with these verbs. From theCambridge English Corpus The virtually double first ministership, one from each community, has a pedigree antedating the negotiations, as we shall see. From theCambridge English Corpus That a structure antedated the function it performs, offers a sufficient criterion for recognition of exaptation. From theCambridge English Corpus Moreover, they were able to reconceptualize their own experience with humans who encountered machines, experience that antedated even the naming and categorizing of accident proneness. From theCambridge English Corpus Depressed persons tend to reside in adverse circumstances that mayantedate, co-occur with, and persist beyond their depression. From theCambridge English Corpus This, in turn, suggests that the prerequisites for such abilities mayantedatemodern humans quite substantially. From theCambridge English Corpus Family interaction patterns thatantedatethe onset of schizophrenia and related disorders : a further analysis of data from a longitudinal, prospective study. From theCambridge English Corpus Pulmonary stenosis of both mild and severe types has been diagnosed at progressively earlier ages in the period under study, and this trend antedates the introduction of echocardiography. From theCambridge English Corpus There is something which makes them value the written language over the spoken, even though the latter antedates the former in the child and the race. From theCambridge English Corpus Maternal characteristics index stable maternal characteristics that antedated or were relatively uninfluenced by a woman's transition to parenthood. From theCambridge English Corpus The target population may follow a rule (and subsequent courts may apply a rule) that antedates and justifies the precedential decision, but that is not treating the precedent as authoritative. From theCambridge English Corpus Theseantedatethe time to locate the clinic and all components of delay preceded the estimate of gestation at the time of admission to the clinic. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
| 随便看 |
|
英汉词典包含213609条英汉翻译词条，涵盖了常用英语单词及词组短语的翻译及用法，是英语学习的必备工具。