Precedent
[ 'prɛsɪdənt ]
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n. 前例;先例;
adj. 在前的，在先的;
💡 词根助记
pre….前的，预先+ced走+ent名词后缀→走在前面的东西→先例
📝 例句
A juridical precedent is nothing but "authenticated custom".
司法惯例只不过是“权威的惯例”罢了。
Here there was an instructive precedent.
这里有一个可做前车之鉴的先例。
When a precedent is overruled the effect is retrospective.
先例被宣告无效时，其结果溯及既往。
It was almost without precedent in local history.
这在当地历史上几乎没有先例。
If he is allowed to do this, it will be a precedent for others.
如果允许他这么做了，就会为别人开先例。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ 谐音“婆媳等他”:婆媳等他没有先例
※ precedent- president总统,ce-拼音“厕”:总统有每天检查厕所的惯例
※ pre-前缀“在…前”,ce-拼音“厕”,dent-拼音“等他”:进厕所之前要等他,这是惯例
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
-ced-表示“走”
常见变体有-ceed-
📖 牛津释义
precedent
n
(a) [C] earlier decision, case, event, etc that is regarded as an example or rule for what comes later 可援为先例的判决、 事例、 事件等
create/establish/set a precedent (for sth) （为某事物）开创先例
serve as a precedent for sth 为某事物提供范例
There is no precedent for such an action. 这种行动没有先例可循.
(b) [U] existing precedents (used esp in the expressions shown) 先例（尤用於下列示例）
without precedent 没有先例
break with precedent, ie not act according to precedents 打破先例（不按先例行事）.
🎯 考研助记
pre+ced走+ent→走在前面的东西→先例
🔁 扩展释义
*['presidәnt]n. 先例, 前例a. 在先的, 在前的【经】 前例相关词组: have no precedent to go by without precedent in history
🏥 医学释义
先例，前例
🌿 同词根单词
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The first settlers on the plains of America were Native Americans.
美洲平原上的首批定居者是美洲土著人。
Another, whose language Kunta understood, was crying softly to himself.
另一个人在暗自轻声地哭诉，他的话孔塔听得懂。
People change, but they don't suddenly chnge from being right-handed to being left-handed.
人会变，但他们不会从惯用右手而突然转变成左撇子的。