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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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the year preceding storke
the year before the hospitalization
不都是前一年嗎?時間區段有不同嗎?
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- HuevosLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
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'