If A antedates B, A comes from an earlier time than B. The printing press antedates the internet; that only means it was here first.

If A antedates B如果A antedates B A comes from an earlier time than B意思是A的年代比B早 The printing press antedates the internet印刷機antedates網路 that only means it was here first只是說它比較早出現而已

You can also antedate something to a year: scholars antedate a poem to the twelfth century, meaning they judge that it already existed then. This is fairly formal, academic or legal English. In ordinary talk most people would say is older than or came before.

You can also antedate something to a year你也可以把某樣東西antedate到某一年 scholars antedate a poem to the twelfth century學者把一首詩antedate到十二世紀 meaning they judge that it already existed then意思是他們判斷那時候這首詩就已經存在了 This is fairly formal, academic or legal English這是相當正式、學術或法律的英文 In ordinary talk平常講話的話 most people would say is older than or came before大家比較會說is older than或came before

There is another use you will meet on paperwork: to antedate a document is to write a date on it that is earlier than the real day you wrote it — sometimes allowed, sometimes a kind of cheating.

There is another use你會在公文上碰到另一種用法 you will meet on paperwork就是那種用法 to antedate a document把一份文件antedate is to write a date on it就是在上面寫一個日期 that is earlier than the real day you wrote it比你實際寫的那天更早 sometimes allowed有時候是被允許的 sometimes a kind of cheating有時候算是一種作弊

The sense here is the history one, not the paperwork trick, though they share the same picture: you are placing something further back in time. It is not anti-date, and it has nothing to do with going on dates.

The sense here is the history one這裡收錄的是歷史那個意思 not the paperwork trick不是公文那個花招 though they share the same picture不過兩者的畫面是一樣的 you are placing something further back in time你把某樣東西往更早的時間推 It is not anti-date它不是anti-date and it has nothing to do with going on dates也跟出去約會沒有關係