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