| 释义 |
precedent KK:[`prєsәdәnt] DJ:[`presidәnt] n. 1. 先例, 前例; 【律】判例[C] This decision sets a precedent for future cases of a similar nature. 这一裁决为今後性质类似的案件提供了判例。 2. 惯例[U] The Queen has broken with precedent by sending her children to ordinary schools. 女王破例让自己的孩子去普通学校就读。 adj. 1. 在前的, 在先的, 前面的[(+to)] Voters demanded that the candidates keep the pledges made as a condition precedent to election. 选民们要求把候选人对他们誓言的履行作为选举的先行条件。
名复: precedents
同义参见: preliminary original anterior leading .1 antecedent
反义: adj.前面的; 在先的 following |