precede vs. before代表的意義是否不同?

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precede vs. before代表的意義是否不同?

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Update:

the year preceding storke

the year before the hospitalization

不都是前一年嗎?時間區段有不同嗎?

Answer 1

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They carry the same meaning.

It's just a matter of word choice. In most cases, formal writing would use 'before' sparingly (not as formal as precede).

2011-04-19 21:19:12 補充：

the year preceding stroke (year before the stroke)

the year before the hospitalization (year before hospitalization)

they are the same...in terms of time frame '1 year before'

Answer 2

precede是動詞

before是介詞