precedes

英 [prɪˈsiːdz]

美 [prɪˈsiːdz]

v.  在…之前发生(或出现); 先于; 走在…前面
precede的第三人称单数

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

• Karyokinesis during cell division, the process of nuclear division that precedes cytoplasmic division.
  有丝分裂：细胞分裂过程中，细胞核先于胞质分裂。
• Here again, the essence of man precedes that historic existence which we confront in experience.
  在这里又和上面一样，人的本质先于我们在经验中所遭逢到的历史存在。
• No, no.i'm delighted that my reputation precedes me.
  不，不，我很高兴我的声望这么高。
• Now that you have read that sentence, reread the one that precedes.
  现在你已经读到了那句话，那么再把它前面的一句读一遍。
• A parenthesis-free notation for forming mathematical expressions in which each operator precedes its operands.
  形成数学表达式时每个算子都先于其操作数的免-括号符号。
• We live in the Universe that follows the principle that thought precedes matter.
  我相信我们生活在一个思想先于物质的世界。
• So, this regexp is equivalent to: Take the first text that precedes a space.
  因此，该regexp相当于：取空格前的第一段文本。
• Nature precedes art and human artifice or human making.
  自然先于艺术，人的技巧和人的形成。
• To say that something is inevitable is to assert that it will occur no matter what precedes it.
  说某个事件是必然的就是断定，无论前因是什么，那个事件都会出现。
• Economy precedes every other problem.
  经济问题优先于所有其他问题。