precede
英[prɪ'siːd]
美[prɪ'sid]
- vt. 领先，在…之前；优于，高于
- vi. 领先，在前面
英英释意
- 1. be earlier in time; go back further;
- "Stone tools precede bronze tools"
- 2. come before;
- "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify"
- 3. be the predecessor of;
- "Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands"
- 4. move ahead (of others) in time or space
- 5. furnish with a preface or introduction;
- "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"
- "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"