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antecedent ['ænti'si:dənt]
基本释义
- a. 先前的,先行的
n. 前事,先例,先行词
词形变化
- 副 词：an'te·ce'dent·ly
参考例句
- That was antecedent to this event.
那是在这一事件之前
- That was antecedent to this event.
英英解释
4个名词解释
- someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
[同] ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, root
[反] descendant, descendent - a preceding occurrence or cause or event show all ... ( 4 )
1个形容词解释
- preceding in time or order
[同] antecedent, preceding
[反] subsequent
- someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)