Precede

(verb.) furnish with a preface or introduction; 'She always precedes her lectures with a joke'; 'He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution'.

(verb.) move ahead (of others) in time or space.

(verb.) be the predecessor of; 'Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands'.

(verb.) come before; 'Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify'.

手打:利奥波德

• The stranger insisted on making Mr. Godfrey precede him; Mr. Godfrey said a few civil words; they bowed, and parted in the street. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• The discovery may long precede its adaptation in physical form, and both the discovery and adaptation may occur together. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Exercise should precede meals, not immediately follow them; the first promotes, the latter, unless moderate, obstructs digestion. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• It may be that several partial leagues may precede any world league. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• It is upon the word educational that stress must be laid, and upon the idea that information must precede consultation. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• It came, and she had yet heard nothing of her return--nothing even of the going to London, which was to precede her return. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• That gentleman had gradually passed through the various stages which precede the lethargy produced by dinner, and its consequences. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• The horses were post; and neither the carriage, nor the livery of the servant who preceded it, were familiar to them. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• A good skirmish line preceded each of these columns. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• She opened the door to the Inspector, and preceded him into the study. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• But all these occurrences preceded the final day. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• So far as we know the wasp alone preceded the ancient Orientals in the making of paper. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The dice have been loaded by all the successes which have preceded. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• And do you remember the word of caution which preceded the discussion of them? 柏拉图. 理想国.
• The preceding saws were of the straight, reciprocating kind. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• It is not to be inferred, however, from some of the preceding statements that the boy was of an exclusively studious bent of mind. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Her pulse was much stronger, and every symptom more favourable than on the preceding visit. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• In the preceding Section, we learned that many houses heated by hot water are supplied with fresh-air pipes which admit fresh air into separate rooms or into suites of rooms. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• And this may be received as a convincing argument for our preceding doctrine with regard to property and justice. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• In these preceding ten sections we have been dealing with an age of division, of separated nationalities. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• We have already glanced at this story in § 8 of the preceding chapter. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The conception always precedes the understanding; and where the one is obscure, the other is uncertain; where the one fails, the other must fail also. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Such facility sickened him--but he told himself that it was with the pang which precedes recovery. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Upon these occasions, a lady's character generally precedes her; and Highbury has long known that you are a superior performer. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• I immediately perceive, that they are contiguous in time and place, and that the object we call cause precedes the other we call effect. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• As this last-named operation precedes the crushing, let us first consider it as it was projected and carried on by him. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• This experiment, which is analogous to the one that precedes, was explained by Nicholson, in 1832, in his _Journal de Physique_. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.

整理:薇尔玛