Antedate
[æntɪ'deɪt;'æntɪdeɪt] or [,æntɪ'det]
解釋/意思:
(n.) Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.
(n.) Anticipation.
(v. t.) To date before the true time; to assign to an earlier date; thus, to antedate a deed or a bond is to give it a date anterior to the true time of its execution.
(v. t.) To precede in time.
(v. t.) To anticipate; to make before the true time.
錄入:门罗
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Date before the true time.[2]. Anticipate, forestall, foretaste.
編輯:齐克
解釋/意思:
n. a date assigned which is earlier than the actual date.—v.t. to date before the true time: to assign an event to an earlier date: to bring about at an earlier date: to be of previous date: to accelerate: to anticipate.
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例句/造句/用法:
- Its origin, like the telescope, is hidden in the dim distance of the past, but it is believed to antedate the telescope. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The rifle, however, antedated the rifled cannon, the type of modern artillery. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Although the electric motor of to-day depends for practical value entirely upon the dynamo which supplies it with electric power, nevertheless the motor considerably antedated the dynamo. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- These also were invented by Edison, but antedated those previously described; being covered by Patent No. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- It was also asserted that the filing of the Gray caveat antedated by a few hours the filing of the Bell application. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
錄入:劳伦斯