verb🔗Share提前，早于. To designate a date earlier than the actual one; to move a date, appointment, event, or period of time to an earlier point (contrast "postdate".)"The teacher mistakenly predated the homework assignment's due date, making it appear as though it was due last week instead of next week. "老师错误地把家庭作业的截止日期提前了，导致看起来好像上周就该交了，而不是下周。timehistoryactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share早于，先于 To exist or to occur before something else; to antedate."The invention of the printing press predated the internet by several centuries. "印刷术的发明比互联网早了好几个世纪。timehistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share捕食, 掠食 To prey upon something.""A bigger, older bully predated the smaller kids in the schoolyard, taking their lunch money." "一个更大更老的恶霸在校园里捕食弱小的孩子，抢他们的午餐钱.animalbiologyecologynatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
