先於的英文：
antecedent to
anterior to
Before
in advance of
參考例句：
Debenture holder have priority over ordinary shareholder.
公司債券持有人有優先於普遍股東的權利。timeliness is important as it defines the response-time criterion in advance of the system's implementation.
及時性很重要，因爲它規定了先於系統運行作出反應的時間標準。Sometimes copies are mass-produced so quickly that they reach the stores even before the original designs.
有時仿製品批量生產的速度快到甚至會先於原設計的服裝上市。I believe that theories are prior to observations as well as to experiments.
我認爲理論先於觀察，也先於實驗。The we should always precede the I.
集體總應先於個人。 She priceded him out of the room.
她先於他走出屋子。New arrivals please report to reception before parking.
來賓停車前請先於接待處報到Eldest son is preferentially all sister-in-laws on the right of succession.
在繼承權上長子優先於諸弟妹。He always put the interests of others before his own.
他總把他人的利益優先於自己的。Constitution is prior to all other laws.
憲法優先於其他一切法律。antecedent是什麼意思：
n. 前情，前身；先行詞；祖先
adj. 在先的，先行的
antecedent debt
先前的'債項 This is an antecedent of the war.
這是戰爭的前因。Creative thinking is the antecedence of design.
創新性設計，必須有創新性思維。 anterior是什麼意思：
adj. 前部的；先前的；在前的
Ages anterior to the flood.
諾亞洪水以前的時代。Love is anterior to life, posteripr to death.
愛情早於生命，晚於死亡。Lumbricidae have the clitellum on the anterior part of the body
正蚓科的生殖帶位於身體的前部。before是什麼意思：
prep. 在…之前；優於，先於；當面
conj. 在…之前
adv. 先前，從前
Rain before seven;fine before eleven
雨過天晴They corned their horses before the journey.
他們在啓程前用玉米餵馬。 The army was arrayed before the commander.
