status established in order of importance or urgency;
"...its precedence as the world's leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals"
"national independence takes priority over class struggle"
preceding in time
the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)
双语例句
1. Men have precedency and still excel.
男性有优先权，依旧卓尔不群。
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2. This train of thought, she perceives, is threatening mere waste of energy, even some collision with reality, for who will ever be able to lift a finger against Whitaker's Table of Precedency?
3. This train of thought, she perceives, is threatening mere waste of energy, even some collision with reality, for who will ever be able to lift a finger against Whitaker's Table of Precedency?
