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antecedent

英 [,æntɪ'siːd(ə)nt] 美 ['æntə'sidnt]

解释

n. 前情；先行词；祖先
adj. 先行的；前驱的；先前的

※ 提供单词"antecedent"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

antecedent 先例

前缀ante-, 在前。词根ced, 走。

英文词源

antecedent: antecedent: see ancestor
antecedent: late 14c. (n. and adj.), from Old French antecedent (14c.) or directly from Latin antecedentem (nominative antecedens), present participle of antecedere "go before, precede," from ante- "before" (see ante) + cedere "to yield" (see cede). Used as a noun in Latin philosophical writings.

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例句和用法

1. It was permissible to take account of antecedent legislation.: 允许考虑先前的法律。

2. Those were events antecedent to the revolution.: 这些都是革命前的事了.

3. That was antecedent to this event.: 那是在这件事之前.

4. Physical processes flow inevitably from their antecedent conditions.: 物理过程的出现必然有其前提.

5. The word " man " is the antecedent of " who " in " the man who spoke ".: " man " 这个字是"theman who spoke " 中 " who " 的先行词.