VERB
（在日期上）早于，先于
If you say that one thing predated another, you mean that the first thing happened or existed some time before the second thing.
例句
His troubles predated the recession...
他的問題在經(jīng)濟(jì)蕭條前就出現(xiàn)了。
The monument predates the arrival of the druids in Britain.
這一遺跡在德魯伊特來到不列顛前就已存在。