antecedent
英 [ˌæn.tiˈsiː.dənt]
美 [ˌæn.t̬əˈsiː.dənt]
- n. 前情；先行词；祖先
- adj. 先行的；前驱的；先前的
星级词汇:
记忆方法
记住“antecedent”可以采用以下简单记忆方法：想象一个“ante”意味着“前面”，而“cedent”可以联想到“cease”或“stop”，所以“antecedent”可以想象成“在某个动作或事件发生之前的那个事物或情况”，即先于其他事物的存在。
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中文词源
antecedent 先例
前缀ante-, 在前。词根ced, 走。
英语词源
- antecedent
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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.
权威例句
- 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.