先的英文：
earlier
ancestor
deceased
before

• To illustrate or enlighten the merit of one’s grandfather.
  顯揚先德。
• The rafters that jut out rot first.
  出頭的椽子先腐爛。
• To debauch first and marry afterwards
  先奸后娶
• Rats leave (or desert or forsake) a sinking ship
  船沈鼠先竄
• Disengage the clutch before changing gear.
  先松開離合器再換擋。
• hazard of lotteries
  先擲后抽;孤注一擲
• a telegram with reply prepaid
  復電費先付清的電報
• The fox smells his own stink first.
  狐貍的臭味道，自己先嗅到。
• The visiting team Bats first at the top of each inning.
  客隊在每一局開始先擊球。
• Mr. Thompson. He's in charge.
  是湯普生先生在管理。

• It is a fashion that echoes an earlier style.
  這是一種仿效早期時尚的流行風潮。
• earlier publication of a patent application
  專利申請的早期公開
• The results are in accord with earlier research.
  結(jié)果與早先的研究相符。

• The abacus is the ancestor of the modern computer.
  算盤是現(xiàn)代電腦的原型。
• "ancestral: Of, relating to, or evolved from an ancestor or ancestors."
  祖先的:與祖先有關(guān)的,祖宗傳下的。
• The sins of the ancestors were visited on their descendants.
  祖先的罪惡報應到他們后代的身上

• The room gave an impression of decease.
  這房間給人一種死亡的印象。
• Love is stronger than decease.
  愛的力量大于死亡。
• The main beneficiary of the will be the deceased 's family.
  遺囑的主要繼承人是死者的家庭成員。