A gun battle had preceded the explosions.

爆炸之前有过一场枪战。

The Requiem torso was preceded by the cantata.

在不完整的安魂曲之前先唱大合唱。

He preceded the book with a collection of poems.

他在书的前面加上了一组诗。

The game was preceded by a two-minute silence in his memory.

比赛进行之前为他默哀了两分钟。

The trials were different in kind from any that preceded them.

这些试验就性质而言与先前的试验不同。

Names should be preceded with/by titles.

在名字前应冠以头衔。

The motorcade was preceded by motorcycles.

车队由摩托车先导。

Each chapter is prefaced/preceded by a short introduction.

每章前面都有一段简短的前言。

There was a story that the present box had been made with some pieces of the box that had preceded it, the one that had been constructed when the first people settled down to make a village here.

据说现在这个箱子是用它之前的一个箱子的碎片做成的，而那一个则是当第一批人来到这里定居时做的。

Coach Ancelotti talked to the players at the beginning of the session and his speech was preceded with a round of applause to welcome in the new year and the second half of the Serie A season.

主教练卡尔洛·安切洛蒂在训练前和球员们进行了谈话。他的讲话以一阵热烈的掌声作为开始，迎接新年和下半赛季的开始。