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antecedent

n.先辈 adj.先行的

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antecedent为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

副词:antece-dently

词根

ante-=before(与post-相反) 变化型 anti-,ant-,anci-,an-

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subsequent    

antecedent


/,æntɪ'si:dnt; ,æntə`sidnt/
n
1 [C] (fml 文) thing or circumstance that is or comes before another 前事; 前情.
2 [C] (grammar) word or phrase to which a following word, esp a relative pronoun, refers 先行词
*`Which proves I'm right' is not clear unless we know the antecedent of `which'. `Which proves I'm right' 意思不清楚, 必须要知道which这一先行词所指为何才行.
3 antecedents [pl] person's ancestors or past life 祖先; 身世; 经历.

adj ~ (to sb/sth) (fml 文) previous 先前的.

antecedent


n[C]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin;Origin: , present participle of antecedere, from ante- ( ANTE-) + cedere 'to go']
formal an event, organization, or thing that is similar to the one you have mentioned but existed earlier
 historical antecedents
antecedents [plural]formal
the people in your family who lived a long time ago
= ancestors
technical a word, phrase, or sentence that is represented by another word, for example a pronoun
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姓名词典:

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性别:女名

使用国家:Western African, Yoruba