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单词 precedent
释义
precedent
noun
uk
/ˈpres.ɪ.dənt/us
/ˈpres.ə.dent/
C2[C]
anaction,situation, ordecisionthat has alreadyhappenedand can be used as areasonwhy asimilaractionordecisionshould beperformedor made:
先例，前例
There are several precedentsforpromotingpeoplewho don't haveformalqualifications.提拔没有正式学历的人是有几个先例的。
Somepoliticiansfearthatagreeingto theconcessionwouldsetadangerousprecedent.一些政客担心同意让步会开创危险的先例。
[U]
the way that something has been done in the past thatthereforeshowsthat it is thecorrectway:
惯例
Would it bebreakingwithprecedent for thebrideto make aspeech?新娘发表讲话是否有悖于惯例？
[C]lawspecialized
adecisionabout aparticularlegalcasethat makes itlikelythat othersimilarcaseswill bedecidedin the same way:
（可援引的）先例，判例
Thejudgmentonpensionrightshasestablished/seta precedent.对养老金领取权的裁决成了一个判例。
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  • Iworryabout giving into herdemandsbecause it then sets a precedent.
  • The court'sdecisionhas set alegalprecedent.
  • Thisdecisionset animportantlegalprecedent for othercountries.
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(Definition ofprecedentfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

precedent| American Dictionary

precedent
noun[C/U]
us
/ˈpres·ɪ·dənt/
apreviousaction,situation, ordecisionthat can be used as areasonorexamplefor asimilaractionordecisionat alatertime:
[C]Conditions havechangedenormously, and the past is not much of a precedent.
[U]Precedentindicatedthat achangewould takeplacesoonerratherthanlater.
(Definition ofprecedentfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

precedent| Business English

precedent
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpresɪdənt/us
LAW
apreviousactionordecisionthat can be used as areasonforallowingsomethingelse:
Therulingcanserveas a precedenttochallengeothersimilarcases.
Ajudgementagainst thefundcouldset a precedentforcompensationpaymentsto more ofits6,000investors.
This is anexperimentwithout precedentineconomichistory.
a bad/dangerous/good precedentThislawsets a verydangerousprecedent for allbusinesses.
create/establish/providea precedent
alegalprecedent
basesthon/followa precedent
See also
condition precedent
(Definition ofprecedentfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprecedent

precedent
Speaking bodies appeared in literary entertainments as well, and from these materials we might glean interpretive strategies of, or precedents for, these bodily texts.
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Consequently, those descriptions often came to have normative qualities as rules, laws, or precedents.
From theCambridge English Corpus
How is it, exactly, that precedents constrain future decisions?
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The precedents they set would show the way and smooth the path for other national liberation movements.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Applying this analysis to precedents, the ratio would provide the basis for the first-order part of the protected reason.
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The registering of decisions set precedents and preserved political memory.
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Moreover, legal precedents def ine the relative nature of conf identiality.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Within the distance language learning literature there are important precedents and underpinnings for this area of enquiry.
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The internationalization of a language is an uncommon phenomenon; we don't have precedents close enough to provide much of a guide.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Once we recognize this fact, we can see that hypothetical cases are really just special types of precedents.
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Let's not assume there are no precedents for doing so.
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How to analyse these transformations is an important question, and yet there are precedents that need to be recovered before reinventing the wheel.
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Feasibility and desirability can be framed, when appropriate, in terms of institutional constraints and policy precedents.
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Early decisions regarding the first genetic tests to be covered could set precedents to guide decisions about later tests.
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He examined precedents before he proposed his own inventions.
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Collocationswithprecedent

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ample precedent
There isampleprecedentfor insurance of this sort.
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bad precedent
Here it would make a verybadprecedentand perhaps a very dangerous one.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
binding precedent
But notice that if the court had decided to enforce the terms of the will, as the dissent urged, that holding would also have created binding precedent.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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