| 正面 | 5692.precedent 英 ['presɪd(ə)nt]美 ['prɛsɪdənt]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1. from Old French gravele "sand, gravel," diminutive of grave "sand, seashore" (Modern French grève).2. grave 坟 + l 象把铁锹，挖坟时挖出的沙石；grave 雕刻 + l 象把刀，刻刀刻下的沙石。3. grave（n 墓穴；坟墓），l：grave是用gravel堆积而成的。4. -el 指小后缀，因此该词表示：一些细碎的、小而碎的东西。n. 先例；前例adj. 在前的；在先的 例句： 1. They're keenly aware that whatever they decide will set a precedent.他们深知无论他们的决定是什么，都将开创先例。 precedent 先例，常规来自precede,先走，先于，-ent,现在分词后缀。词性由形容词变名词，引申词义先例，常规等。 precedent (n.)early 15c., "case which may be taken as a rule in similar cases," from Middle French precedent, noun use of an adjective, from Latin praecedentum (nominative praecedens), present participle of praecedere "go before" (see precede). Meaning "thing or person that goes before another" is attested from mid-15c. As an adjective in English from c. 1400. As a verb meaning "to furnish with a precedent" from 1610s, now only in past participle precedented." |