antecedent

[.æntə'si:dənt]

n.前情, 先行词, 祖先
adj.在 ... 之前的, 居先的

n.[C]

1. 前事, 前情

2. 【语】(关系代词的)先行词

The word "man" is the antecedent of "who" in "the man who spoke".

"man"这个字是"the man who spoke"中"who"的先行词。

3. 【数】(比例)前项

4. 【逻】前件

5. 经历; 学历; 祖先[P]

a person of shady antecedents

背景可疑的人

6. 前身

a.

在前的, 在先的[(+to)]

That was antecedent to this event.

那是在这一事件之前。

词形变化

副词: antece-dently |

词义辨析

同义:

a.先行的

preceding  precedent  prevenient  anterior  forerunning  foregoing  former  preexistent

n.先驱, 预言家

precursor  forerunner  harbinger  vaunt-courier  predecessor  ancestor  

同义参见:

ago  preliminary  parent  leading  leader  

反义:

a.先行的; 前提的

subsequent  

英英释义

名词 antecedent:

someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

同义词：ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, root

a preceding occurrence or cause or event

anything that precedes something similar in time

同义词：forerunner

the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun

形容词 antecedent:

preceding in time or order

同义词：preceding

补充

antecedentantecedent英:[ˌæntiˈsi:dənt] 美:[ˌæntɪˈsidnt]n.1.发生在前的事, 先例His mechanical calculating engines were the antecedents of the modern computer.他的机械计算机是现代电子计算机的雏形。adj.1.在前的, 在先的, 先行的Those were events antecedent to the revolution.这些都是革命前的事了。

例句

1. the historical antecedents of the theory该理论的历史前提 2. It was permissible to take account of antecedent legislation.允许考虑先前的法律。 3. The history of antecedent trauma may be coincidental.先前的心理创伤史或许是偶然性的。 4. some antecedents to the African novel might exist in Africa's oral traditions.非洲小说的前身也许存在于非洲口头传说中。 5. her early life and antecedents have been traced.她的早期生活和家庭背景已经是查到了。 6. the antecedent events that prompt you to break a diet.促使你中断节食的先前事件。 7. 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 这一句中，ball 是 it 的先行词。 8. “John” is the antecedent of the pronoun “him” in “Mary saw John and thanked him.”在Mary saw John and thanked him一句中，John是代词him的先行词。 9. The events were antecedents of/to the war. [=the events helped to cause the war]这些事件是战争的前奏。 10. the antecedents of rap music [=music that came before and influenced rap music]说唱音乐的前身 11. He is proud of his Scottish antecedents. [=(more commonly) ancestors]他为自己的苏格兰祖先感到骄傲。 12. "These antecedent [=prior, previous] events affected the outcome of the war."这些前期事件影响了战争结局。