antedate
英 [æntɪ'deɪt; 'æntɪdeɪt]
美[,æntɪ'det]
- vt. 先于；前于
- n. 比实际提前的日期
英英释义
- 1. be earlier in time; go back further;
- "Stone tools precede bronze tools"
- 2. establish something as being earlier relative to something else
实用场景例句
- The cold weather antedate ed their departure.
- 寒冷的天气使他们提前离开.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The Invoice be antedate to january 1 st.
- 将该发票日期填早到1月1日.
期刊摘选
- All this is not to antedate the demise of the empire.
- 这一切不会使帝国提前衰亡.
辞典例句
双语例句
- 1. The cold weather antedate ed their departure.
- 寒冷的天气使他们提前离开.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 2. All this is not to antedate the demise of the empire.
- 这一切不会使帝国提前衰亡.
来自辞典例句
- 3. The Invoice be antedate to january 1 st.
- 将该发票日期填早到1月1日.
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英文词源
- antedate (v.)
- 1580s, earlier as noun meaning "a backdating, false early date attached to a document or event" (1570s); from Latin ante "before" (see ante) + date (v.1). Related: Antedated; antedating.
词态变化
第三人称单数: antedates;过去式: antedated;过去分词: antedated;现在分词: antedating;