postdate

• 动词，指在文件或票据上填写比实际书写或事件发生日期更晚的日期；也指将某事安排到较晚的时间发生。常用于金融或法律语境。

A verb meaning to assign a date later than the actual date of writing or occurrence, often used in financial or legal contexts.

1. Occur later in timeC1formal

   To happen or exist after a particular date or event.

   发生于之后

   • The discovery of the new continent postdates the earlier maps by several decades.
   • This manuscript postdates the original text by at least a century.
   • The invention of the printing press postdates the invention of paper.

   同义词come afterensuefollowsucceed

   反义词antedateprecedepredate

2. Assign a later dateB2formal

   To mark a document, check, or event with a date that is later than the actual date.

   填迟于实际的日期

   • The tenant asked the landlord to postdate the rent check by a week.
   • The contract was postdated to take effect next month.
   • He postdated the letter so it would appear to have been written after the event.

   反义词antedatebackdatepredate