precede
英 [pr?'si?d]
美[pr?'sid]
- vt. 領先，在…之前；優于，高于
- vi. 領先，在前面
考試真題
- The hotel bust (不景氣), like most busts, was preceded by a breathtaking boom.
出自-2013年6月閱讀原文
- The Constitutional principles that Washington alone has the power to "establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization" and that federal laws precede state laws are non-controversial.
2013年考研真題（英語一）閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ