The scientists' proposals that precede the annual allocation of quotas are routinely expanded, first by the commission and then by the ministers.

在每年配额分配之前，科学家的提议被例行公事地阐述，先由欧盟委员会，然后再由执行人员。

And if it is true, as Nietzsche claims, that a philosopher, to deserve our respect, must preach by example, you can appreciate the importance of that reply, for it will precede the definitive act.

如果真如尼采所说，一个值得我们尊敬的哲学家布道，必须举例证明之，那么您必会领悟答案的重要所在，因为它先于决定性的行动。

By adding versions on writes, the client discards reads of values with versions that precede the last-seen version.

通过给写入添加版本，对那些版本早于最后版本的值来说，客户端会丢弃这些值的读出。

For each symbol that the nm command lists, the symbol's value in hexadecimal (by default) and the symbol type with a coded character precede the symbol.

对于nm命令列出的每个符号，它们的值使用十六进制来表示(缺省行为)，并且在该符号前面加上了一个表示符号类型的编码字符。

The desire must precede the action but the thought -body of a mind-desire can never have a physical body without being followed by physical action.

这种渴望可能在“作用”(行动)之前，但是一个“心智-渴望”的“思想-形体”，永远无法拥有一个不被“物理作用”跟随的“物理形体”。