antecedents

英汉释义

• adj.

  1.先行的,先前的

  2.【逻】假定的,前提的

  3.【地】先成的

• n.

  1.【语】先行词

  2.【逻】前提,前件

  3.先例,前例

  4.经历,履历,学历

  5.祖先

  6.【数】(比例的)前项

  1.【语】先行词

  2.【逻】前提,前件

  3.先例,前例

  4.经历,履历,学历

  5.祖先

  6.【数】(比例的)前项

英英释义

• n.

  1.something that happened or existed before something else and is similar to it in some way

  2.the members of your family who lived a long time ago

  3.the antecedent of a word is the noun or phrase nearer the beginning of the sentence that it refers to. In the sentence “I threw the keys to him and he caught them,” “keys” is the antecedent of “them.”