precedent
precedent 英 [ˈpresɪdənt] 美 [ˈprɛsɪdənt]
n. 先例；前例 adj. 在前的；在先的
名词复数:precedents
- A precedent is something that sets a standard for future events. It's hard to say what the legal community would do without the word precedent, since so many legal judgments and decisions are based on what came before.
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- n. 先例；前例
- adj. 在前的；在先的
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1. 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。
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2. historical precedents
历史前例
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3. There is no precedent for a disaster of this scale.
这种规模的灾难是空前的。
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4. Such protests are without precedent in recent history.
这类抗议事件在近代史上没有发生过。
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5. to break with precedent
打破常规
- 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.
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