antedate

[ˌænti'deɪt]     [ˌænti'deɪt]    
  • v. 使 ... 提前发生;先于;提早日期
  • =predate
  • n. 比实际早的日期
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antedate的英文翻译是什么意思,词典释义与在线翻译:

英英释义

Verb:
  1. be earlier in time; go back further;

    "Stone tools precede bronze tools"

  2. establish something as being earlier relative to something else

antedate的用法和样例:

例句

  1. The cold weather antedate ed their departure.
    寒冷的天气使他们提前离开。
  2. This event antedates the discovery of America by several centuries.
    这件事比发现美洲早几个世纪。

经典引文

  • He got the king to antedate it, as if it had been signed at Oxford.

    出自: G. Burnet
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