predate|predates

猫头鹰在夜间捕食小型啮齿动物。

Owls ___predate on small rodents at night.

这些化石的年代比最早的恐龙还要早数百万年。

These fossils ___predate the earliest dinosaurs by millions of years.

这个古老的习俗比文字记载还要早。

This ancient tradition ___predates written records by centuries.