precedent
先例
常用释义
英音[ ˈpresɪdənt ]
美音[ ˈpresɪdənt ]
变形
复数:
precedents
基本释义
- n. 先例,前例;判例,实例;常规,惯例
- adj. 在先的,前面的
考试频率
六级
考频:近五年出现3次
- n. 先例 最常考
例句
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1·They were determined to break from precedent.他们决心打破先例。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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2·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。来源: 《牛津词典》
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3·The trial could set an important precedent for dealing with similar cases.这次审判能为处理类似案件开创一个重要先例。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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4·It sets such an awful precedent for the future of performance.这为表演界的未来树立了一个糟糕的先例。
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5·Historical precedent suggests that science and politics can overcome resistance from businesses that pollute and poison but it takes time, and success often starts small.历史先例表明,政治和科学能够抵抗具破坏性的有害企业,但是这需要时间,且一开始的成功都很微小。
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6·As Apple and several security experts have argued, an order compelling Apple to write software that gives the FBI access to the iPhone in question would establish an unsettling precedent.正如苹果公司和几位安全专家所主张的,强迫苹果公司编写软件来让联邦调查局访问某 iPhone 的指令,将树立起一个令人不安的先例。
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7·Despite the modesty of the benefit, the Chamber of Commerce and other business groups fought it bitterly, describing it as "government-run personnel management" and a "dangerous precedent".尽管利益有限,但商会和其他商业团体对此进行了激烈的抗争,称其为“政府经营的人事管理”和“危险的先例”。
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8·As Apple and several security experts have argued, an order compelling Apple to write software that gives the F.B.I. access to the iPhone in question would establish an unsettling precedent.正如苹果公司和几位安全专家所主张的那样,强迫苹果公司编写软件来让联邦调查局访问某 iPhone 的指令,将树立起一个令人不安的先例。
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9·I am unwilling to set a precedent.我不想开先例。来源: 《牛津词典》
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10·There is no precedent for a disaster of this scale.这种规模的灾难是空前的。来源: 《牛津词典》
网络释义
- judicial precedent : 司法判例
- condition precedent : 先决条件
- conditions precedent : 先决条件
同根词
词根:
precede
preceding
adj
在前的;前述的
precedented
adj
有先例的
precedential
adj
有先例的;优先的
precedence
n
优先;居先
preceding
v
在...之前(precede的ing形式)
precede
vi
领先,在前面
precede
vt
领先,在…之前;优于,高于