precedence 详细解释

precedence

[pri'si:dəns]

n. 优先, 居先

n.[U]

1. 居前; 领先

in order of precedence

按时间先后为序

2. 优先; 优先权[(+over)]

This task must be given precedence over all others.

这一工作必须先做, 其他一切后做。

3. 地位先后, 级别高低

词形变化

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词义辨析

同义参见:

priority  preference  importance  

英英释义

名词 precedence:

status established in order of importance or urgency

同义词：precedency, priority

preceding in time

同义词：priority, antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedency

the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)

同义词：precession, precedency

短语词组

have/take precedence of/over

1. 优先于; 地位高于

This is a problem that takes precedence over the others.

这个问题比其他的更为重要。

补充

precedenceprecedence英:[priˈsi:dəns] 美:[ˈprɛsɪdəns, prɪˈsidns]n.1.领先于…的权利; 优先权

例句

1. an obsession with protocol and the order of precedence对礼仪和礼宾次序的过分关注 2. Officers and wives entered in strict order of precedence.众官员及其夫人按照严格的礼宾次序入场。 3. As the King's representative he took precedence over everyone else on the island.作为国王的代表, 他比岛上其他任何人的地位都要高。 4. a Bill which would require judges to give precedence to new British laws over the European Communities Act 1972一项要求法官赋予英国新法律高于《1972年欧洲共同体法案》地位的提案 5. Noqreh's aspirations dissolve as the need to survive takes precedence.当生存变得更重要时, 诺克莱的远大志向不复存在了。 6. Have as much fun as possible at college, but don't let it take precedence over work.在大学要尽情娱乐, 但不要把它看得比学习还重要。 7. Does your work usually take precedence over your family?你的工作通常比你的家庭更重要吗？ 8. We just have to draw on historical precedence.我们只需利用历史先例。 9. his desire for power soon took precedence over any other consideration.他的权力欲很快就占据了绝对优先权。 10. quarrels over precedence among the Bonaparte family marred the coronation.波拿巴家族关于排名先后的争吵把加冕典礼弄得一团糟。 11. The guests were introduced in order of precedence. [=the most important guests were introduced first]按身份地位依次介绍了客人们。 12. The safety of the children has/takes precedence over [=is more important than] everything else.孩子的安全是第一位的。 13. Many small businesses complain that the government's policies give precedence to large corporations. [=treat large corporations as more important]很多小企业抱怨政府的政策优先考虑大公司。

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