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antecedent n.前情；先行词；祖先adj.在 ... 之前的；居先的 (1) 这是战争的前因。(2) 意想不到的事情总是有其前因的。(3) "man"这个字是"the man who spoke"中"who"的先行词。(4) 谁也不知道那个神秘陌生人的身世。(5) 物理过程的出现必然有其前提。 In logic, mathematics, and grammar, the word antecedent (from Latin ante-, "before" + cedere, "to yield") has the meaning "the first part of a statement." More generally, it means "something that came before, and perhaps caused, something else." The word is also an adjective: a lawyer or judge might talk about the "antecedent events" leading up to someone committing a crime.

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英 [ˌæntɪ'siːdnt] 美 [ˌæntɪ'siːdnt] (1) This is an antecedent of the war.(2) Something out mind always has antecedent.(3) The word "man" is the antecedent of "who" in "the man who spoke".(4) No one knew the antecedents of the mysterious stranger.(5) Physical processes flow inevitably from their antecedent conditions. An antecedent is a thing that comes before something else. You might think rap music has no historical antecedent, but earlier forms of African American spoken verse go back for centuries. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]前事；先例；前身 An antecedent of something happened or existed before it and was similar to it in some way.   [usu with supp]  [FORMAL 正式]We shall first look briefly at the historical antecedents of this theory.我们首先应大致看一下该理论在历史上的前身。2[ADJ 形容词]先前的；早先的 An antecedent thing or event happened or existed before another related thing or event.   [usu ADJ n]  [FORMAL 正式]It was permissible to take account of antecedent legislation.允许考虑先前的法律。3[N-COUNT 可数名词]祖先；先人；祖宗 Your antecedents are your ancestors.   [usu pl]  [FORMAL 正式]...a Frenchman with Irish antecedents.祖先为爱尔兰人的法国人

英语单词	antecedent
英美音标	英 [ˌæntɪ'siːdnt] 美 [ˌæntɪ'siːdnt]
中文释义	n.前情；先行词；祖先 adj.在 ... 之前的；居先的
英语例句	(1) This is an antecedent of the war. (2) Something out mind always has antecedent. (3) The word "man" is the antecedent of "who" in "the man who spoke". (4) No one knew the antecedents of the mysterious stranger. (5) Physical processes flow inevitably from their antecedent conditions.
中文例句	(1) 这是战争的前因。 (2) 意想不到的事情总是有其前因的。 (3) "man"这个字是"the man who spoke"中"who"的先行词。 (4) 谁也不知道那个神秘陌生人的身世。 (5) 物理过程的出现必然有其前提。
vocabulary简明	An antecedent is a thing that comes before something else. You might think rap music has no historical antecedent, but earlier forms of African American spoken verse go back for centuries.
vocabulary扩展	In logic, mathematics, and grammar, the word antecedent (from Latin ante-, "before" + cedere, "to yield") has the meaning "the first part of a statement." More generally, it means "something that came before, and perhaps caused, something else." The word is also an adjective: a lawyer or judge might talk about the "antecedent events" leading up to someone committing a crime.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]前事；先例；前身 An antecedent of something happened or existed before it and was similar to it in some way. [usu with supp] [FORMAL 正式] We shall first look briefly at the historical antecedents of this theory. 我们首先应大致看一下该理论在历史上的前身。 2 [ADJ 形容词]先前的；早先的 An antecedent thing or event happened or existed before another related thing or event. [usu ADJ n] [FORMAL 正式] It was permissible to take account of antecedent legislation. 允许考虑先前的法律。 3 [N-COUNT 可数名词]祖先；先人；祖宗 Your antecedents are your ancestors. [usu pl] [FORMAL 正式] ...a Frenchman with Irish antecedents. 祖先为爱尔兰人的法国人

Antecedent Word Thing [Usu [Formal 正式 Man Historical