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antedate + noun phrase
表示“在时间上先于”，后接被先于的事物。
The discovery antedates the previously known fossil by millions of years.
这一发现比之前已知的化石早数百万年。
早于；先于；比…更早
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早于；先于；比…更早
to happen or exist before something else in time
The discovery antedates the previously known fossil by millions of years.
这一发现比之前已知的化石早数百万年。
在事件或时间之前发生；存在于更早的时间。
To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time.
将文件或行动的日期定为早于实际日期。
To assign a date to a document or action earlier than the actual date.
为术语找到更早的引证证据
To find earlier citational evidence for a term.
antedate
Base
原形
antedates
3rd person
第三人称单数
antedating
-ing
现在分词
antedated
Past
过去式
antedated
Past participle
过去分词
The fossil antedates the dinosaur era.
这块化石早于恐龙时代。
The document antedated the official record by two days.
这份文件比官方记录早了两天。
常表示时间上的先后顺序，常用于正式或学术语境。
This fossil antedates the dinosaurs by millions of years.
这块化石比恐龙早存在数百万年。
The contract was antedated to make it appear valid from an earlier date.
这份合同被倒填日期，以使其看起来从更早的日期起有效。
The invention of the printing press antedates the discovery of America by several decades.
印刷术的发明比发现美洲早几十年。
表示“在时间上先于”，后接被先于的事物。
The discovery antedates the previously known fossil by millions of years.
这一发现比之前已知的化石早数百万年。
通过介词 by 引入具体的时间差。
The earliest known version antedates the printed edition by several centuries.
已知的最早版本比印刷版本早了几个世纪。
表示“将……的日期填早到某个时间”，常用于欺诈或文书处理。
The forger antedated the will to a year before the testator's death.
伪造者将遗嘱的日期提前到立遗嘱人死亡前一年。
Not this
This building antedates than that one.
Use this
This building antedates that one.
错误地使用了"than"，因为"antedate"是及物动词，直接跟宾语，不需要介词。中文的"比...早"结构导致了这个错误。改正后直接使用宾语。
Not this
The manuscript antedates.
Use this
The manuscript antedates the 19th century.
错误地省略了宾语，以为"antedate"可以不及物使用。实际上它必须带宾语。改正后补充了时间对象。
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通常用于及物结构，后接名词短语，表示某事早于另一事。
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