preexists

preexists

1. The facilitator will try to assist the group in achieving a consensus on any disagreements that preexist or emerge in the meeting so that it has a strong basis for future action.

因为 Tony Blair 可以说是一位四方会谈的 facilitator (这是 Tony Blair 的新工作)，al Qaeda 的组织里也有 facilitator， 前者版主倾向于译作 "推手";

2. monuments that preexist written history

有文字历史之前而存在的历史遗迹

3. He holds "all things" together, even while He preexists all things (v. 17) - "He is the beginning" (v. 18b).

甚至在万有产生之先，祂已存在；而万有也靠他而立（17节）。