pre-exist
- IPA[ˌpriːɪɡˈzɪst]
英式
- exist at or from an earlier time；exist at or from an earlier time than (something)
verb: pre-exist, 3rd person present: pre-exists, gerund or present participle: pre-existing, past tense: pre-existed, past participle: pre-existed
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. exist at or from an earlier time the statute does no more than restore what pre-existed the affair brought to the fore class tensions that pre-existed in the community
- ▪ exist at or from an earlier time than (something) rocks that pre-existed the formation of the crater
