vt.在 ... 之前；先于

vi.在前面；領(lǐng)先

He precede his speech with a welcome to the guest. 他演講前先對來賓表示歡迎。

He came in, preceded by his wife. 他和他的妻子一前一后地走了進(jìn)來。

The we should always precede the I. 集體總應(yīng)先于個(gè)人。

This duty should precede all others. 此項(xiàng)義務(wù)應(yīng)該優(yōu)先于其他一切義務(wù)。

The days that preceded were filled with activity. 前幾天排滿了活動(dòng)。

Agricultural development simply must precede economic development. 農(nóng)業(yè)的發(fā)展必須在整個(gè)經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展中處于領(lǐng)先地位。

Careful experiments precede hard- ware development, and engineers use sensible metrics to judge their success. 仔細(xì)的實(shí)驗(yàn)領(lǐng)先于硬件的發(fā)展，工程師們用韻律學(xué)來鑒定他們的成功。

precede的基本意思是“在前”“先于”,指某物在順序、位置或時(shí)間等方面處在前面。引申可作“優(yōu)于”“高于”解。

precede可用作及物動(dòng)詞,也可用作不及物動(dòng)詞。用作及物動(dòng)詞時(shí)接名詞或代詞作賓語。

precede的主語是人時(shí),后面常接介詞by或with引出的短語。后接by時(shí)多用于被動(dòng)結(jié)構(gòu); 后接with時(shí)一般用主動(dòng)結(jié)構(gòu)。