1.We hunt from the car, which the Major considered effete. The custom antedates automobiles, going back to the days of the hunting wagon.

我们从车，少校认为这很无力。这种习俗早于汽车，可以追溯到狩马车时代。机翻

2.This vehicle, like the bicycle, is not essentially a modern invention; the reason any one can manufacture it is that practically all the basic ideas antedate 1840.

这种交工具， 就像自行车一样， 质上并不是现代发明； 任何人都可以制造它原因是几乎所有思想都早于 1840 年。机翻

3.I swore out a new warrant for Henry's arrest. The sheriff hedged, for Old Boss and the judge antedated me. He could not find Henry, he said.

我发誓要对亨利发出新逮捕令。治安官对冲，因为老老板和法官先于我。他找不到亨利，他说。机翻