英语单词

antecedent是什么意思

antecedent

英 [,æntɪ'siːd(ə)nt] 美 ['æntə'sidnt]
  • n. 前情;先行词;祖先
  • adj. 先行的;前驱的;先前的

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.

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

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