中文詞源

antecedent先例

前綴ante-, 在前。詞根ced, 走。

詞組搭配

Denying the Antecedent否定前件

antecedent river先成河

antecedent money押金

antecedent right原權

antecedent stream先成河；早期河流

antecedent drainage先成水系；先成河

antecedent precipitation index前期降水量指數；前期降雨指標；前期降水指數；雨前指數

antecedent valley先成谷

antecedent negotiation事先商議

雙語例句

1. It was permissible to take account of antecedent legislation.

漢允許考慮先前的法律。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Those were events antecedent to the revolution.

漢這些都是革命前的事了.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. That was antecedent to this event.

漢那是在這件事之前.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

4. Physical processes flow inevitably from their antecedent conditions.

漢物理過程的出現必然有其前提.

來自哲學部分

5. The word " man " is the antecedent of " who " in " the man who spoke ".

漢" man " 這個字是"theman who spoke " 中 " who " 的先行詞.

來自辭典例句

英英釋義

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

1. preceding in time or order