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