antedate

All this is not to antedate the demise of the empire.

这一切不会使帝国提前衰亡。

To place a prior date on a legal document, statement or check. Also called antedate .

在法定文件、报表或支票上填一个以前的日期，又称提前日期。

Antedate a contract; antedate a check.

把合同的日期提前；

To precede in time; antedate.

先于时间上先于…；

To make this cheque legal, you should antedate it by 7days.

为了使你的支票有效，你必须把日期提前7天。

antedate a letter by a week

把信上日期填早一星期。