antecedent

antecedent

英 [,æntɪ'siːd(ə)nt]
　　美 ['æntə'sidnt]

n. 前情；先行詞；祖先
　　adj. 先行的；前驅的；先前的

中文詞源：

antecedent 先例

前綴ante-, 在前。詞根ced, 走。

例句：

1. It was permissible to take account of antecedent legislation.
允許考慮先前的法律。

2. Those were events antecedent to the revolution.
這些都是革命前的事瞭.

3. That was antecedent to this event.
那是在這件事之前.

4. Physical processes flow inevitably from their antecedent conditions.
物理過程的出現必然有其前提.

5. The word " man " is the antecedent of " who " in " the man who spoke ".
" man " 這個字是"theman who spoke " 中 " who " 的先行詞.