1. 動詞
   antecede第三者單數現在式:
   不及物動詞:
   處在前面
   領先
   及物動詞:
   先於...(人事物)
   處在...(人事物)之前
   較...(人事物)優先
   地位等: 高於...(人等)|優於...(人等)
   

   同義字詞
   antedate,forego,precede,predate,preexist
   

例句

1. It is just sure that it antecedes Herodotus' work.
2. Some cells in the visual cortex of a monkey, for example, respond exclusively when the animal is presented with monkey hands and star-like shapes; other cells show selectivity for faces. (No such specificity has been observed for unfamiliar objects or novel scenes.) Furthermore, it is well documented that in the early stages of visual processing there are successive layers of cells acting as feature extractors for edges, corners, moving edges etc. At the other extreme, there are reports that increased activity in individual cells antecedes specific motor actions in a regular manner Sakai&Miyashita(1991).