英语释义

1. a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") broadly a word or phrase replaced by a substitute

2. a preceding event, condition, or cause
events that were antecedents of the war

3. the significant events, conditions, and traits of one's earlier life

4. predecessor especially a model or stimulus for later developments
The sackbut was the antecedent of the trombone.

5. ancestors, parents
He was proud of his Scottish antecedents.

6. the conditional element in a proposition (such as if A in "if A, then B")

7. the first term of a mathematical ratio

8. prior
antecedent events

9. a word or phrase that is represented by another word (such as a pronoun)

10. something that came before something else and may have influenced or caused it

11. the people in a family who lived in past times

12. earlier in time

13. earlier in time or order

片语

Inanatomyed antecedents新闻通达的人士

burghal antecedents郊外住宅区

antecedents omits省略先行词

antecedents repetition重复先行词

allotment antecedents筹资渠道

experiences经历；体验到（experience的三单形式）

abreast antecedents新闻起源

forefathers祖先；先人（forefather的复数）

Principals Antecedents董事与经营者情况

locomotive antecedents机车履历

Appraisal Antecedents评价性前因

英汉例句

• dr kuhn and dr stiner, by contrast, assign to women the main role in establishing the antecedents of modern economics, and thus launching the process of growth that continues to this day.

  库恩博士和斯蒂娜博士的观点和他不同，他们认为在如下过程中起着主要作用的是女性——确立现代经济体系的雏形，并使其走上至今仍在延续的发展之路。

• by 1890 the american office worker wanted both the informality of the lounge suit, with its sporting heritage, and a snappy, modern and efficient look that its military antecedents gave it.

  到了1890年，美国的上班族希望有一种西服，既不拘礼节，有运动元素，时髦现代，又能沿袭军装的那种高效作风。

• the antecedents of integrity, for-bearance, and justice might be as productively explored as are the mechanisms to deal with their absence or betrayal.

  要对一些拥有诚信、节制和正义等品德的前辈们进行富有成效性的挖掘的同时，也要形成在这些品德缺乏或背弃时应对的机制。

• the military antecedents are perhaps the most obvious.

  军装的变化也许是最明显的。

• like their antecedents in the desert, they are defined not by what they carry but by what they leave behind, knowing that the environment will provide it.

  如同其沙漠里的祖先，他们的名字不由所携带的东西定义，而是由他们所扔掉的东西所决定，因为他们知道环境将提供他们所需要的。

• these novels are the direct antecedents of the books that chiles found so dismaying in 2006.

  这些小说都是让奇莱斯在2006年感到沮丧的那些作品的直接楷模。

• whether death is by computer or by more old-fashioned methods, the antecedents and details of assassination are easier to hide in rough, remote locations than in rich, westernised ones.

  无论用电脑远程控制，还是采用传统手段，在荒芜遥远的地方要比在富足的西方国家更易掩盖暗杀的过程和细节。

• transcript: well, of course we don’t know how the antecedents of happiness have changed over time because there’s no good fossil record of smiling.

  我们当然没法知道我们祖先的幸福标準是如何变迁的，因为我们找不到记录微笑的化石。

• the key is excellent pattern recognition – identifying the antecedents of success long before it happens.

  选择的关键之处在于出色的模式识别——早在成功到来之前就找到相应的征兆。

• the legacy of 9/11 has been costly, in terms of resources as well as in terms of lives—of troops, civilians and contractors. the current debt crisis also traces its antecedents to that day.

  11事件的遗产在资源方面和生命方面——士兵、平民和承包商——代价昂贵，当前的债务危机也可以在那一天追溯到先例。

• in the second half of the twelfth century the beginnings of polyphony developed in the school of notre dame in paris from its antecedents in the great abbey of st. martial in limoges.

  十二世纪下半叶，复调开始从巴黎圣母院的学校里发展出来。

• but other military antecedents are plausible, too.

  但其他的古老的军装的演变也貌似有理。

• the single or double vents that make it comfortable to wear a coat on horseback are testament to the sporting antecedents of the suit.

  外套的单衩或双衩让人们骑在马上很舒服，证明套装也同古老的运动装有关。

• still, he believes that there are other creatures that “ may at least have antecedents of feelings.

  但他还认为仍有其他种类的动物「至少可能会有情感发生前的感觉」。

相似词

causality因果关系

causation原因；因果关系；出现

cause引起；使遭受

occasion引起，惹起

reason推论；劝说

相反词

aftereffect后果；余波；[数] 后效

aftermath（Aftermath）《空难余波》（电影名）

consequence结果；重要性；推论

corollary推论；必然的结果

development发展；开发；发育；住宅小区（专指由同一开发商开发的）；[摄] 显影

effect产生；达到目的

fate命运

fruit(Fruit)人名；(法)弗吕；(英)弗鲁特

issue发行；流出；造成…结果；传下

outcome结果，结局；成果

outgrowth结果；副产物；自然的发展；分枝；生长晕

product产品；结果；[数] 乘积；作品

result结果；导致；产生

resultant合力，合成速率；结果

sequel续集；结局；继续；后果

sequence按顺序排好

upshot结果，结局；要点