precedent是什么意思_precedent怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws;"common law originated in the unwritten laws of England and was later applied in the United States"

a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time)

Adjective:

preceding in time, order, or significance

中英词源

precedent 先例，常规

来自precede,先走，先于，-ent,现在分词后缀。词性由形容词变名词，引申词义先例，常规等。wWw.WeNtIYI.cOm

precedent (n.): early 15c., "case which may be taken as a rule in similar cases," from Middle French precedent, noun use of an adjective, from Latin praecedentum (nominative praecedens), present participle of praecedere "go before" (see precede). Meaning "thing or person that goes before another" is attested from mid-15c. As an adjective in English from c. 1400. As a verb meaning "to furnish with a precedent" from 1610s, now only in past participle precedented.

词态变化

复数 precedents;

权威造句

1. They"re keenly aware that whatever they decide will set a precedent.: 他们深知无论他们的决定是什么，都将开创先例。

2. Would it not set a precedent? Would it not open the floodgates?: 难道它不会成为先例吗？难道它不会引发更多类似的问题吗？

3. They were determined to break from precedent.: 他们决心打破先例。

4. The ruling set a precedent for future libel cases.: 这项裁决为今后的诽谤案提供了判例。

5. Is there a precedent for what you want me to do?: 你要我做的事有前例可援吗 ?

近反义词

preliminary 初步的

original 原始的

anterior 前面的

antecedent 前情

leading 领导的

example 例子

model 模范

pattern 模式

guide 向导

instance 例子

standard 标准

practice 练习

case law 判例法

common law 习惯法

case in point 例证

相似短语

rule of precedent 先例约束力的原则

authoritative precedent 【法】权威性判例

legal precedent 【法】判例

without precedent 无先例可援,史无前例

condition precedent 先决条件

precedent condition 【法】先决条件

judicial precedent 【经】司法判例

bound by precedent 【法】受先例约束

doctrine of precedent 【法】先例原则

binding precedent 【法】有约束力的先例

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