preceding

（时间上、位置上）前面的

①【例】The agent shall furnish by 10th day of every month the principal with the report of the preceding month.

代理人应于每月l0日前向委托人[业主]提供上个月的报告。

②preceding可置于它所修饰的词的前面或后面，如可说the preceding year [page]或the year [page] preceding。

【例】She informed us that eighteen members of the staff had left during the preceding year.

她当时告知我们，18位教职员在此前的一年里离开了。

precise

精确的，准确的

【例】Before making delivery, our manufacturers have already conducted a precise and comprehensive inspection of the goods.

在交货之前，我方制造商已经对货做过一次全面而准确的检验。

predict

预料，预知

①【例】The producer tries to predict consumer trends and then tries to influence them.

生产者力图预知消费者的趋向，然后力图影响他们（购买）。

②可接用that从句。

【例】The economists predict that a ready market can be found for our new products in Africa.

经济学家预测我方新产品在非洲能够畅销。