Antecedent
[,æntɪ'siːd(ə)nt] or ['æntə'sidnt]
解释:
(noun.) the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun.
(noun.) a preceding occurrence or cause or event.
(noun.) anything that precedes something similar in time; 'phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience'.
(adj.) preceding in time or order .
手打:托德--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause.
(a.) Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability.
(n.) That which goes before in time; that which precedes.
(n.) One who precedes or goes in front.
(n.) The earlier events of one's life; previous principles, conduct, course, history.
(n.) The noun to which a relative refers; as, in the sentence "Solomon was the prince who built the temple," prince is the antecedent of who.
(n.) The first or conditional part of a hypothetical proposition; as, If the earth is fixed, the sun must move.
(n.) The first of the two propositions which constitute an enthymeme or contracted syllogism; as, Every man is mortal; therefore the king must die.
(n.) The first of the two terms of a ratio; the first or third of the four terms of a proportion. In the ratio a:b, a is the antecedent, and b the consequent.
阿玛莉亚整理
同义词及近义词：
a. Preceding, precedent, previous, prior, anterior, foregoing, precursory, forerunning, going before.
n. [1]. Precursor, forerunner.[2]. (Math.) First term (of a ratio).[3]. (Gram.) Preceding noun (to which a relative refers).[4]. (Logic.) First proposition (in an enthymeme).
整理:米歇尔
同义词及反义词：
[See ANTERIOR]
桃瑞丝整理
解释:
adj. going before in time: prior.—n. that which precedes in time: (gram.) the noun or pronoun to which a relative pronoun refers: (logic) a statement or proposition from which another is logically deduced: (math.) the antecedent of a ratio is the first of two terms which compose the ratio—the first and third in a series of four proportionals: (pl.) previous principles conduct history &c.—n. Anteced′ence.—adv. Anteced′ently.
伊丽莎白编辑
例句:
- A mistake, therefore, of right may become a species of immorality; but it is only a secondary one, and is founded on some other, antecedent to it. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- Some virtuous motive, therefore, must be antecedent to that regard. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- This value was antecedent to, and independent of their being employed as coin, and was the quality which fitted them for that employment. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- So that the impressions of reflexion are only antecedent to their correspondent ideas; but posterior to those of sensation, and derived from them. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- His instinct was to regard her as a conspirator against rather than as an antecedent obstacle to Thomasin's happiness. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- But is property, or right, or obligation, intelligible, without an antecedent morality? 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- But this supposes, that there is some antecedent rule of duty and morals. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- Perceiving himself to be the antecedent, Bradley looked from the watchman to the man. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- If nature has given us no such sentiment, there is not, naturally, nor antecedent to human conventions, any such thing as property. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- What had she to do with parents and antecedents? 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Have no antecedents, no established character, no cultivation, no ideas, no manners; have Shares. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Knowing me thoroughly now--all my antecedents, all my responsibilities--having long known my faults, can you and I still be friends? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- I would much rather not have told her anything of my antecedents, but no man could look into the depth of those eyes and refuse her slightest behest. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- Those are the antecedents, and the culmination. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- Let us now inspect the individual democrat; and first, as in the case of the State, we will trace his antecedents. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- It was the first time it had ever been so complimented, and Madame Defarge knew enough of its antecedents to know better. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- Respecting de Hamal, I fear she is under an illusion; the man's character is known to me, all his antecedents, all his scrapes. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
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