n.前情；先行詞；祖先

adj.在 ... 之前的；居先的

This is an antecedent of the war. 這是戰(zhàn)爭的前因。

Something out mind always has antecedent. 意想不到的事情總是有其前因的。

The word "man" is the antecedent of "who" in "the man who spoke". "man"這個字是"the man who spoke"中"who"的先行詞。

No one knew the antecedents of the mysterious stranger. 誰也不知道那個神秘陌生人的身世。

Those were events antecedent to the revolution. 這些都是革命前的事了。

Physical processes flow inevitably from their antecedent conditions. 物理過程的出現(xiàn)必然有其前提。

n.祖先

名詞antecedent的復數(shù)形式.

adv.在前地；先行地