antecedent
英 [ˌæntɪˈsiːdnt]
美 [ˌæntɪˈsiːdnt]
n. 前事; 前情; 祖先; 先人; 先行词; 先行语
adj. 先前的
复数:antecedents
BNC.16104 / COCA.16403
牛津词典
noun
- 前事;前情
a thing or an event that exists or comes before another, and may have influenced it - 祖先;先人
the people in sb's family who lived a long time ago - 先行词;先行语
a word or phrase to which the following word, especially a pronoun, refers- In ‘He grabbed the ball and threw it in the air’, ‘ball’ is the antecedent of ‘it’.
在He grabbed the ball and threw it in the air一句中,ball是it的先行词。
- In ‘He grabbed the ball and threw it in the air’, ‘ball’ is the antecedent of ‘it’.
adj.
- 先前的
previous- antecedent events
先前的事件
- antecedent events
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 前事;先例;前身
Anantecedentof something happened or existed before it and was similar to it in some way.- 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。
- We shall first look briefly at the historical antecedents of this theory.
- ADJ 先前的;早先的
Anantecedentthing or event happened or existed before another related thing or event.- It was permissible to take account of antecedent legislation.
允许考虑先前的法律。
- It was permissible to take account of antecedent legislation.
- N-COUNT 祖先;先人;祖宗
Yourantecedentsare your ancestors.- ...a Frenchman with Irish antecedents.
祖先为爱尔兰人的法国人
- ...a Frenchman with Irish antecedents.
英英释义
noun
- the referent of an anaphor
- a preceding occurrence or cause or event
- someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
- anything that precedes something similar in time
- phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience
adj
- preceding in time or order
双语例句
- It was permissible to take account of antecedent legislation.
允许考虑先前的法律。 - If we got an if then statement are we asserting an antecedent, an if clause or the consequent, Q the then clause, or are we saying if P then Q.
如果我们的论述中有如果,我们在主张先行词,假设条件句或者结果,然后从句,或者我们说如果P那么。 - Effect of Antecedent Dry Period on Water Quality of Urban Storm Runoff Pollution
前期晴天时间对城市降雨径流污染水质的影响 - It doesn't, in other words, derive from an antecedent single cause as an effect.
换句话说,它不是,作为结果来自单一的先行的原因。 - Some people see the pioneering novelist Dorothy Richardson as an antecedent of the Irish writer James joyce.
有些人把富于开拓性的小说家多萝西理查森视为爱尔兰作家詹姆斯乔伊斯的前驱。 - 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。 - References the commandline used to access the antecedent.
参考用于访问先行规则的命令行。 - Ruby is the antecedent and foundational technology; and Rails does, in some respects, present you with an altered, purpose-driven Ruby environment.
Ruby是一项先行的基础技术;而在某些层面上,Rails则为你提供一个经过量体裁衣的、以目的驱动的Ruby环境。 - The decision not to invite Joe was antecedent to his illness.
不邀请乔的决定是在他生病之前决定的。 - Past research has shown that perceived value is an important antecedent for overall satisfaction and future purchase intention.
以前的研究表明感知价值是总体满意度和将来购买意愿的主要前提。