v.提早日期,居先( predate的过去式和过去分词 );
例句:
Textbooks are usually predated.
教科书通常是提前出版的.
His troubles predated the recession.
他的问题在经济萧条前就出现了。
He predated the check by five days.
他把支票上的日期填早了五天.