antecedent

英[ˌæntɪ'siːdnt] 美[ˌæntɪ'siːdnt]
  • n. 前情；先行词；祖先
  • adj. 在 ... 之前的；居先的
antecedently
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详细释义

Noun:
  1. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

  2. a preceding occurrence or cause or event

  3. anything that precedes something similar in time;

    "phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience"

  4. the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun

Adjective:
  1. preceding in time or order

双语例句

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

来自柯林斯例句

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

来自《简明英汉词典》

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

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

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

来自哲学部分

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.

来自辞典例句

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. This is an antecedent of the war.
      这是战争的前因。
    2. Something out mind always has antecedent.
      意想不到的事情总是有其前因的。
    3. The word "man" is the antecedent of "who" in "the man who spoke".
      "man"这个字是"the man who spoke"中"who"的先行词。
    4. No one knew the antecedents of the mysterious stranger.
      谁也不知道那个神秘陌生人的身世。
    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. Those were events antecedent to the revolution.
      这些都是革命前的事了。
    2. Physical processes flow inevitably from their antecedent conditions.
      物理过程的出现必然有其前提。

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