Eric gestured to her to precede them from the room.
埃里克做手势，让她先于他们离开房间。
Industrial development simply must precede economic development.
工业的发展必须在整个经济发展中处于领先地位.
Trina Solar's announcement of its plans for a larger presence in the US was preceded by those of China's other key PV module makers.
天合光能宣布其在美国扩大业务的计划之前，中国其他主要光伏组件制造商也宣布了这一计划。
According to the defense team, "that high-level review, which would have preceded the closing of the Skycom account, would necessarily have revealed the interconnectedness of the Huawei and Skycom accounts.
Its IPO application was preceded by those of Sunlands Online Education Group, Jingrui and Ambow Education Co Ltd. China's top two players in the field, namely New Oriental Education and Technology Group and TAL Education Group, have been listed in the US stock market for years.
"Our exchanges and cooperation in various fields have reached and preceded width and depths.
"Monday's leadership meeting was preceded by the unveiling of a document last week to promote the development of the private sector.
It was celebrated on Tuesday, which was preceded by an extended weekend.
The Christmas-to-New Year's Day week is typically preceded by peak shopping in many parts of the world; but in China, livestreaming has been making people go e-shopping all the time.
The action plan was preceded by decades of efforts to transform SOEs into competitive and modern enterprises.
That was preceded by a mushrooming of private-sector firms offering a plethora of courses and programs－English-language modules, skills and crafts, fine arts, so forth－designed to complement formal education offered at schools.
"Provincial and municipal-level procurements preceded national-level buying under the program.
Mi of Kay & Burton said: "Instant decisions of the past have made way for well-considered choices preceded by viewings of four or five homes.
Late July saw new phone launches galore, but they were preceded by data from market research company International Data Corp that smartphone shipments in China declined 11 percent year-on-year to nearly 78.1 million units in the second quarter of this year.
Market sources said there is no clear indication yet exactly when the northbound trading will start, but some media reports hinted the launch could be in June, possibly preceded by technical trials.
"The deal was preceded by other indications of an easing in US-China economic relations, including the removal of China's currency manipulator tag by the US Treasury Department and reports that semiannual economic discussions between the two countries would be revived," said Brian Coulton, chief economist of Fitch Ratings, a global credit ratings agency.