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antecedent

英[,æntɪ'siːd(ə)nt] 美['æntə'sidnt]
  • n. 前情;先行词;祖先
  • adj. 先行的;前驱的;先前的

英英释意


1. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
2. a preceding occurrence or cause or event
3. anything that precedes something similar in time;
"phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience"
4. the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun