Antecedent

[,æntɪ'siːd(ə)nt] or ['æntə'sidnt]

解釋/意思:

(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

解釋/意思:

(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

同義詞及近義詞：

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

同義詞及反義詞：

[See ANTERIOR]

桃瑞丝整理

解釋/意思:

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.

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