the years preceding the war
战前的几年
His resignation was preceded by weeks of speculation.
在他辞职之前，有关的猜测已持续了几个星期。
She preceded me in the job.
她是我这工作的前任。
See the preceding chapter.
请见前一章。
She preceded him out of the room.
她先于他走出屋子。
1.领先于,居先于,在...之先
2.在...之上;优于;比...重要
3.在...前加上;为...加上引言 (by, with)
4.在前面,领先,居先
1.领先于,居先于,在...之先
2.在...之上;优于;比...重要
3.在...前加上;为...加上引言 (by, with)
4.在前面,领先,居先
1.to happen or exist before another person or thing; to come before someone or something else in a series
2.to be more important, or to have a higher rank, than someone or something else
1.Watery diarrhoea is often present in the early stages of illness, and may precede respiratory symptoms by up to one week.
发病初期，往往会有水样腹泻，然后呼吸道症状可能持续一个星期。
2.Method, the MSIL offset, and a message indicating the call does not immediately precede the beginning of the try block.
方法的方法的名称、MSIL偏移量和一条指示try块没有紧随在该调用之后的消息。
3.' He also said there was no evidence that position changes by speculators 'precede price changes' for crude-oil-futures contracts.
他还表示，没有证据表明投机头寸的变化先于原油期货合约价格的变化。
4.They have been used as a treatment for pancreatitis, an inflammation of the pancreas that can precede pancreatic cancer.
微生物制剂曾经用于治疗胰腺炎——胰腺的炎症比胰腺癌更严重。
5.Include to provide background. Recitals are the "whereas" clauses that precede the body of a contract.
引述语是指那些放在合同主体前面的“鉴于”条款。
6.A big trend break in gold tends to precede one in other commodities prices by at least six months.
金价出现明显的趋势逆转，往往比其它大宗商品价格至少提前6个月。
7.Kenny Smith: Because I told you, the second cannot precede with the first one! That would have been a ten any other time. . .
肯尼·史密斯：因为我早告诉过你，第二个不可能比第一个更好！这一扣在其它任何时候都毫无疑问是个满分……
8.While proximal muscle weakness is usually present, the skin lesions can precede the myositis by weeks to years.
常出现近侧肌无力，皮肤损害先于肌炎数周至数年。
9.Reversal Is Coming Trend reversals do not have to come as a surprise; pergences between Force Index and price usually precede them.
反转来了趋势的反转不一定就是突如其来的，力量指数和价格的背离通常会走在反转前面。
10.Sometimes tremors are a sign of an earthquake far away, and sometimes they precede a stronger earthquake, which can be disastrous.
有时候地面震动是远方地震的迹象，有时候则是下一波更强烈地震的先兆，那样情况就会很糟糕了。