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单词 antecedent
释义
antecedent
noun[C]
uk
/ˌæn.tiˈsiː.dənt/us
/ˌæn.t̬əˈsiː.dənt/
formal
someone or somethingexistingorhappeningbefore,especiallyas thecauseororiginof somethingexistingorhappeninglater:
（尤指作为后来存在或发生之事的起因或起源的）前事，前情，先例；祖先
Charles Babbage'smechanicalcalculatingengineswere the antecedents of themoderncomputer.查尔斯•巴贝奇的机械计算机是现代计算机的前身。
Manypeoplefeelagreatcuriositytofindout abouttheirantecedents.很多人对于他们的祖先充满了好奇，很想探究一番。
languagespecialized
a word or phrase that apronounrefers back to:
先行词，前述词
In thesentence"Hepickedabookoff theshelfandhandedit to Sally", "book" is the antecedent of "it".在句子 He picked a book off the shelf and handed it to Sally 中，book 是 it 的先行词。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Preceding and introducing
  • announce
  • antedate
  • beat
  • build(someone/something)up
  • countdown
  • curtain-raiser
  • emcee
  • forerunner
  • introduce
  • introduction
  • introductory
  • lead
  • lead up tosomething
  • lead-in
  • predecessor
  • preface
  • preliminary
  • prelude
  • reintroduce
  • review
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Linguistics: grammatical terms
antecedent
adjective
formal
uk
/ˌæn.tiˈsiː.dənt/us
/ˌæn.t̬əˈsiː.dənt/
previous:
（同页中）上面提到的；上文的，前文的
When thecollegewasestablishedin 1546, itinheritedahallfrom each of three antecedentinstitutions.该学院在1546年建立时，从作为其前身的三个机构中分别承继了一座教学楼。
Opposite
subsequent
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Preceding and introducing
  • announce
  • antedate
  • beat
  • build(someone/something)up
  • countdown
  • curtain-raiser
  • emcee
  • forerunner
  • introduce
  • introduction
  • introductory
  • lead
  • lead up tosomething
  • lead-in
  • predecessor
  • preface
  • preliminary
  • prelude
  • reintroduce
  • review
See more results »
(Definition ofantecedentfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

antecedent| American Dictionary

antecedent
noun[Cusually pl]
us
/ˌæn·təˈsi·dənt/
somethingexistingorhappeningbefore,esp. as thecauseof aneventorsituation:
Thebookdealtwith thehistoricalantecedents of the Civil War.
grammar
An antecedent is also a word or phrase that apronounrefers to:
In thesentence, "Joethrewtheballto Wendy, and Wendythrewit back," "theball" is the antecedent of "it."
mathematics
An antecedent is also thepartof aconditionalstatementthatfollowsthe word "if."
(Definition ofantecedentfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofantecedent

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In writing rules we omit set notation for antecedents and sometimes we omit the label when it is not relevant for the context.
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Research on mass politics seeks to identify the antecedents of citizens' political attitudes and behaviours.
From theCambridge English Corpus
First, there is the problem of disjunctive antecedents, as in (4).
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Thus, reflexives with such antecedents and their interpretation are primarily syntactically-based, just as local reflexives are.
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However, those rules consisting of a large number of antecedents may be worth examining as they may refer either to noise or a special case.
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Rule-based patterns are composed of a number of primitive patterns (antecedents) connected together with logical connectives that imply, if true, the target class (consequent).
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By the same token, different effects imply different causal antecedents.
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Who gained ground with those in cataphora only once it had been established as the relative for personal antecedents.
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Obstetric complications as antecedents of schizophrenia : empirical effects of using different obstetric complication scales.
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Because of their important political effects, there has been plenty of research on the antecedents of political predispositions.
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Competencies such as technical capabilities, skills and knowledge are also necessary antecedents for the building of trust in the professional setting of business exchange.
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The harsh antiparty politics and discourse of the 1973 military dictatorship had proximate historical antecedents.
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Examples (9), (10) and (11a) are all cases of split antecedents.
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The following examples involve a variety of quantified antecedents (including, notably, the negative quantifier no).
From theCambridge English Corpus
The ultimate achievement of cognitive archaeology would be to provide descriptions of the cognitive life-world of human antecedents at many points in evolution.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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