antecedent
🇺🇸
/ˌæntɪˈsiːdnt/
🇬🇧
/ˌæntɪˈsiːdnt/
noun
R
Something that happens or exists before another thing, possibly influencing it.
The storm was an antecedent to the flood.
暴風雨是洪水的前因。
R
The people in a family who lived a long time ago.
She researched her antecedents to learn about her family history.
她研究了她的祖先，以了解她的家族歷史。
R
A word or phrase that a later word, especially a pronoun, refers to.
In the sentence 'He grabbed the ball and threw it in the air', 'ball' is the antecedent of 'it'.
在句子 '他抓住了球並把它扔到空中' 中，'球' 是 '它' 的先行詞。
adjective
R
Coming before in time; earlier.
The antecedent events led to the current situation.
先前發生的事件導致了當前的情况。
translation
前因, 祖先, 先行詞
先前的
詞形變化
Plural
antecedents