antecedent

關於antecedent的翻譯

<<形容詞>>先前的,先行的前事,先例,先行詞

antecedent definition

1. a preceding occurrence or cause or event
2. anything that precedes something similar in time
• examples: phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience
3. the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
4. preceding in time or order