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precede vt.在 ... 之前；先于vi.在前面；领先 (1) 他演讲前先对来宾表示欢迎。(2) 他和他的妻子一前一后地走了进来。(3) 集体总应先于个人。(4) 前几天排满了活动。(5) 农业的发展必须在整个经济发展中处于领先地位。(6) 仔细的实验领先于硬件的发展，工程师们用韵律学来鉴定他们的成功。 Precede is one of many verbs ending in "-ceed" or "-cede" that trace their roots back to the Latin word cedere which means "to go." For precede, know that it's pre "first" + cedere "go." When you precede, you go first. You might precede your best friend in line, lunch might precede math class, a joke might precede a lecture, and radio preceded television. Anything that goes first or comes before precedes.

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英 [prɪ'siːd] 美 [prɪ'siːd] (1) He precede his speech with a welcome to the guest.(2) He came in, preceded by his wife.(3) The we should always precede the I.(4) The days that preceded were filled with activity.(5) Agricultural development simply must precede economic development.(6) Careful experiments precede hard- ware development, and engineers use sensible metrics to judge their success. To precede is to come before. A short speech will precede the dinner. As you walk down the garden path, the bed of roses precedes the holly bush. When marching into the room, the younger kids precede the older ones. 1[VERB 动词]发生在…之前；先于 If one event or period of time precedes another, it happens before it.   [V n]  [be V-ed by n]  [V-ing]  [FORMAL 正式]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。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。Industrial orders had already fallen in the preceding months.工业订单在前几个月就已减少。2[VERB 动词]（顺序、位置）先于，在…前面 If you precede someone somewhere, you go in front of them.   [V n]  [be V-ed by n]  [FORMAL 正式]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。They were preceded by mounted cowboys.他们前面是骑马的牛仔们。3[VERB 动词]（句、段、章节）在…之前 A sentence, paragraph, or chapter that precedes another one comes just before it.   [V n]  [V-ing]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。Repeat the exercises described in the preceding section.把前一节要求的练习重做一遍。

英语单词	precede
英美音标	英 [prɪ'siːd] 美 [prɪ'siːd]
中文释义	vt.在 ... 之前；先于 vi.在前面；领先
英语例句	(1) He precede his speech with a welcome to the guest. (2) He came in, preceded by his wife. (3) The we should always precede the I. (4) The days that preceded were filled with activity. (5) Agricultural development simply must precede economic development. (6) Careful experiments precede hard- ware development, and engineers use sensible metrics to judge their success.
中文例句	(1) 他演讲前先对来宾表示欢迎。 (2) 他和他的妻子一前一后地走了进来。 (3) 集体总应先于个人。 (4) 前几天排满了活动。 (5) 农业的发展必须在整个经济发展中处于领先地位。 (6) 仔细的实验领先于硬件的发展，工程师们用韵律学来鉴定他们的成功。
vocabulary简明	To precede is to come before. A short speech will precede the dinner. As you walk down the garden path, the bed of roses precedes the holly bush. When marching into the room, the younger kids precede the older ones.
vocabulary扩展	Precede is one of many verbs ending in "-ceed" or "-cede" that trace their roots back to the Latin word cedere which means "to go." For precede, know that it's pre "first" + cedere "go." When you precede, you go first. You might precede your best friend in line, lunch might precede math class, a joke might precede a lecture, and radio preceded television. Anything that goes first or comes before precedes.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]发生在…之前；先于 If one event or period of time precedes another, it happens before it. [V n] [be V-ed by n] [V-ing] [FORMAL 正式] 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。 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。 Industrial orders had already fallen in the preceding months. 工业订单在前几个月就已减少。 2 [VERB 动词]（顺序、位置）先于，在…前面 If you precede someone somewhere, you go in front of them. [V n] [be V-ed by n] [FORMAL 正式] 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。 They were preceded by mounted cowboys. 他们前面是骑马的牛仔们。 3 [VERB 动词]（句、段、章节）在…之前 A sentence, paragraph, or chapter that precedes another one comes just before it. [V n] [V-ing] 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。 Repeat the exercises described in the preceding section. 把前一节要求的练习重做一遍。

Precede N Preceded Verb 动词 [V D Speech