antecedent是什么意思
2023-12-06 02:53:17
antecedent
n. 前情;先行词;祖先
adj. 在 ... 之前的;居先的
副词:antecedently
近义词:forerunner,ancestor,precursor,predecessor,precedent,forerunning,prevenient,preceding,harbinger,anterior,preexistent,vaunt-courier,foregoing,former,leader,preliminary,parent,ago,forebear,originator,leading,ascendant,ascendent,root,subsequent,
英英释义
Noun
- someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
- a preceding occurrence or cause or event
- anything that precedes something similar in time;
"phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience"
- the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
Adjective
- preceding in time or order
例句
用作名词(n.)
- This is an antecedent of the war.这是战争的前因。
- Something out mind always has antecedent.意想不到的事情总是有其前因的。
- The word "man" is the antecedent of "who" in "the man who spoke"."man"这个字是"the man who spoke"中"who"的先行词。
- No one knew the antecedents of the mysterious stranger.谁也不知道那个神秘陌生人的身世。
用作形容词(adj.)
- 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。