Defining a new annotation type is a lot like creating an interface, except that you precede the
定义新的注释类型与创建接口有很多类似之处, 只不过

Backslashes are interpreted literally, unless they immediately precede a double quotation mark.
反斜杠按其原义解释，除非它们紧位于双引号之前。

Senescence may be defined as the deteriorative events which precede the death of a mature cell.
衰老是成熟细胞死亡之前的败坏过程。

Include to provide background. Recitals are the whereas clauses that precede the body of a contract.
书写引述语。引述语是指那些放在合同主体前面的鉴于条款。

The decision and consensus to increase participation and accountability must precede fiscal decentralization.
增加参与和问责制的决定和共识必须先于财政的放权。

Precede by the jade name with various kinds of color of the leather on the craft, is used to judge the jade quality.
皮指玉的外皮。工艺上以各种皮色冠以玉名, 并用以判断玉质。

And the same account applies to all other cases, so that the formula and the knowledge of the one must precede the knowledge of the other.
它例亦然，所以在认识潜能之前必先已认识实现的公式。