antecedent
美[ˌæntɪˈsidn:t] adj.在前的，在先的，先行的
网络前件；前项；先行的；先例
1 . It was permissible to take account of antecedent legislation.
允许考虑先前的法律。
来自柯林斯例句
2 . Those were events antecedent to the revolution.
这些都是革命前的事了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3 . That was antecedent to this event.
那是在这件事之前.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
4 . Physical processes flow inevitably from their antecedent conditions.
物理过程的出现必然有其前提.
来自哲学部分
5 . The word " man " is the antecedent of " who " in " the man who spoke ".
" man " 这个字是"theman who spoke " 中 " who " 的先行词.
来自辞典例句
1.someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
2.a preceding occurrence or cause or event
3.anything that precedes something similar in time;
phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience
4.the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
5.preceding in time or order