1. He predated the check by five days.
    他把支票上的日期填早了五天。

1. 提早日期：predacity 食肉性 | predate 提早日期 | predator 食肉动物

2. 填早日期：2943precious metals 贵金属 | 2944predate 填早日期 | 2945predecessor auditor前任审计师

3. 约会前的：a case of =一个情况; | predate=约会前的; | jitters=神经过敏;

4. 在...之前：Advent:出现 | Predate:在...之前 | Archeologist:考古学家

1. （在日期上）早于，先于
    If you say that one thing predated another, you mean that the first thing happened or existed some time before the second thing.

predate的反义词

    e.g. His troubles predated the recession...
           他的问题在经济萧条前就出现了。
    e.g. The monument predates the arrival of the druids in Britain.
           这一遗迹在德鲁伊特来到不列颠前就已存在。

1. establish something as being earlier relative to something else

    Synonym: antedateforedate

2. prey on or hunt for

    e.g. These mammals predate certain eggs

    Synonym: ravenprey

3. come before

    e.g. Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify

    Synonym: precede

4. be earlier in time
    go back further

    e.g. Stone tools precede bronze tools

    Synonym: precedeforegoforgoantecedeantedate