"before the atomic age," 1914, in "World Set Free" -- H.G. Wells anticipating the word the future would use to look back at a time defined by events that hadn't yet happened in his day;
from pre- + atomic.
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1. The subject came up during a pre-dinner drink with our guests.
在与客人喝餐前酒的时候，有人提到了这个话题。
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2. Children graduate to the kindergarten, then pre-school, and then school.
孩子们先上幼儿园，然后上学前班，再接着上小学。
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3. Most pre-prepared weight loss products are next to useless.
大多数预制减肥产品几乎都没有什么功效。
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4. These ceremonies were already part of pre-Christian ritual in Mexico.
这些仪式已经成为墨西哥基督教时期以前的宗教仪式的一部分。
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5. For a decade "X" was the pre-eminent punk band in Los Angeles.