antecedent
英[ˌæntɪˈsi:dnt]美[ˌæntɪˈsidnt]
n.经历，<数>（比例）前项，<逻>前件，祖先；
adj.在前的，在先的，先行的；
复数：antecedents;
例句
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.
That was antecedent to this event.那是在这件事之前.
It was permissible to take account of antecedent legislation.允许考虑先前的法律。
同义词
n.
antecedent的同义词之：先驱,预言家
forerunnerharbingerpredecessorancestorprecursorvaunt-courieradj.
antecedent的同义词之：先行的
forerunningprecedentprevenientpreexistentanteriorprecedingforegoingformerantecedent的同义词之：其他释义
leaderparentpreliminaryago反义词
adj.
antecedent的反义词之：先行的;前提的
subsequentantecedent的反义词之：其他释义
subsequent柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
N-COUNT
前事；先例；前身
An antecedent of something happened or existed before it and was similar to it in some way.
例句
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。ADJ
先前的；早先的
An antecedent thing or event happened or existed before another related thing or event.
例句
It was permissible to take account of antecedent legislation.允许考虑先前的法律。N-COUNT
祖先;先人;祖宗
Your antecedents are your ancestors.
例句
...a Frenchman with Irish antecedents.祖先为爱尔兰人的法国人英汉词典释义
n.
发生在前的事, 先例, 前事, 前情
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。<语>(关系代词的)先行词, 先行语
<数>(比例)前项
<逻>前件
经历;学历
祖先, 先人
前身
adj.
先前的, 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。英英词典释义
Noun
1. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
2. a preceding occurrence or cause or event
3. anything that precedes something similar in time;
"phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience"4. the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
Adjective
1. preceding in time or order
行业词典
医学： 先质；先行的，前驱的；
数学： 前项；
金融： 先行的；先时的；