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pre-.pri:-combining formbefore (a time or an event)（构词）表示“前”，“先于”a pre-flight check飞行前检查a pre-lunch drink午饭前喝的酒pre-industrial societies工业化前的社会If something is pre-Columbian, it belongs to or is from America in the period before Columbus arrived in 1492.哥伦布到达美洲以前的pre-Columbian sculpture哥伦布到达美洲以前的雕塑Most pre-Columbian cultures produced textiles and metalwork.大部分哥伦布到达美洲以前的文化都生产出了纺织品和金属制品。(fml) If someone or something is pre-eminent, they have more good qualities or are more able than anyone else in their situation.卓越的，杰出的She is the pre-eminent authority in her subject.她在她的领域里是杰出的权威。His pre-eminence in his subject is internationally recognized.他在他的领域里的杰出成就受到国际承认。The arts festival is pre-eminently (= mainly) a festival of theatre.艺术节主要是戏剧的节日。(slightly fml) If you pre-empt someone, you try to prevent them from doing something or make it worthless for them to do it, by doing it yourself before they can.预先制止，抢在…前行动In a bid to pre-empt their competitors, they have reduced the price of many of their refrigerators.为了在投标中抢在对手前面，他们已经将他们的许多冰箱降低了价格。(slightly fml) If something is pre-emptive, it is done before other people can act, esp. to prevent them from doing something else.抢先的，先发制人的Police have been given powers to take pre-emptive action if they believe a large demonstration is being planned.警方被授权可以在认为有大规模的示威在酝酿时采取先发制人的行动。The Treasury has decided to raise interest rates as a pre-emptive measure against inflation.财政部已决定提高利率作为预防通货膨胀的措施。If the country continues building up its supply of weapons, one of the neighboring states may respond with a pre-emptive air strike.如果该国继续加强军备，某个邻国就会采取先发制人的空袭。(fml) If something pre-existed, it existed before (something else).先存在的，先发生的Some people believe their soul pre-existed before it entered their body.一些人相信他们的灵魂在进入身体之前已经存在了。Dinosaurs pre-existed human beings by many millions of years.恐龙存在于人类出现前数百万年。
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