1·She preceded me in the job.
她是我这工作的前任。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·She preceded him out of the room.
她先于他走出屋子。
—— 《牛津词典》
3·His resignation was preceded by weeks of speculation.
在他辞职之前，有关的猜测已持续了几个星期。
—— 《牛津词典》
4·She preceded her speech with a vote of thanks to the committee.
她讲话的开头是对委员会的鸣谢。
—— 《牛津词典》
5·The earthquake was preceded by a loud roar and lasted 20 seconds.
地震之前有一声巨响，持续了20秒钟。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
6·Intensive negotiations between the main parties preceded the vote.
投票之前，主要政党间进行了深入细致的磋商。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
7·This same system was originally utilized by the Chinese laborers who had preceded the Japanese.
这种制度最初是由先于日本人的中国劳工使用的。
8·Extreme changes in daily and seasonal climates preceded the retreat of the seas back into the major ocean basins.
在海洋退回到主要的海洋盆地之前，每日天气和季节性气候发生了剧烈的变化。
9·The movie is preceded by "Presto Chango, " a new Pixar short about a disagreement over a carrot between a magician and his rabbit.
片尾的皮克斯短片《魔术师和兔子》讲述了魔术师和他的兔子在胡萝卜上产生分歧的故事。
10·During this relatively short period of time, greater changes in people's living conditions have occurred than in the thousands of years which preceded.
在这相对短暂的时间里，人们的生活条件发生了比之前几千年更大的变化。