antecedent

antecedent读音音标

英 [ˌæntɪˈsi:dnt]

美 [ˌæntɪˈsidnt]

antecedent意思解释

n.

经历；

（比例）前项；

前件；

祖先

adj.

在前的，在先的，先行的；

变形

复数：antecedents

英英释义

n.

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

同义词：ancestorascendantascendentroot

a preceding occurrence or cause or event

anything that precedes something similar in time

\"phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience\"

同义词：forerunner

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

adj.

preceding in time or order

同义词：preceding

双语例句

用作名词(n.)This is an antecedent of the war.这是战争的前因。Something out mind always has antecedent.意想不到的事情总是有其前因的。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。No one knew the antecedents of the mysterious stranger.谁也不知道那个神秘陌生人的身世。用作形容词(adj.)Those were events antecedent to the revolution.这些都是革命前的事了。Physical processes flow inevitably from their antecedent conditions.物理过程的出现必然有其前提。