precedent
n. 先例；前例
adj. 在前的；在先的
n.
前例；先例；
adj.
在前的，在先的；
变形
复数：precedents
双语释义
n.(名词)[U]传统；惯例 the way that things have always been done
[C]范例 earlier decision,case,event,etc. that is regarded as an example or rule for what comes later
英英释义
precedent[ pri'si:dənt, 'presi- ]
n.
an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time
同义词：case in point
(civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
同义词：case lawcommon law
a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws
同义词：common lawcase law
a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time)
adj.preceding in time, order, or significance
词汇搭配
用作名词 (n.)
动词+～
set〔create〕 a precedent开先例
词组短语
judicial precedent司法判例
condition precedent先决条件
conditions precedent先决条件
双语例句
用作名词(n.)
This decision creates a dangerous precedent.
这个决定开创了一个危险的先例。
My decision does not constitute a precedent.
我的决定下不为例。
This intervention in another nation's affairs has set a precedent which we hope other countries will not follow.
对别国事物的这种干涉开了一个先例，我们希望其他国家不要模仿。
The President followed historical precedent in forming the Cabinet.
总统遵循历史惯例来组成内阁。
用作形容词(adj.)
The precedent decision should be understood before we act.
在采取行动之前我们应该弄明白先前的决定。
权威例句
Unit precedentUnit precedent
Precedent and Dialogue in Investment Treaty Arbitration
Legal Precedent: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis
Originalist Theory and Precedent: A Public Meaning Approach
The Extent to Which the Doctrine of Precedent Prevents Judicial Activism
Precedent and development of law: Is it time for greater transparency in International Commercial Arbitration?
"Correcting Wrong Turns: The 50th Birthday of the 1966 House of Lords Practice Statement on Precedent"
Familial and sporadic 15q13.3 microdeletions in idiopathic generalized epilepsy: precedent for disorders with complex inheritance
Lichtman, A. H. et al. Reversible inhibitors of fatty acid amide hydrolase that promote analgesia: evidence for an unprecedented 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.
1. There is not only logic to this argument but precedent, too.
这不仅在逻辑上有过争议，而且也有过先例。
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2. 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。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
3. After combo boxes were admitted onto the toolbar, the precedent was set, and all kinds of idioms appeared, as we have already discussed in Chapter 21. Some of these toolbar idioms are shown in Figure 23-1.
组合框加入工具栏后，因为有了先例，像我们在第21章中讨论的，各种习惯用法相继出现。 图23-1中列出了一些工具栏习惯用法。
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4. A juridical precedent is nothing but "authenticated custom".
司法惯例只不过是“权威的惯例”罢了。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
5. It was almost without precedent in local history.
这在当地历史上几乎没有先例。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
6. There was an apt precedent for this in the previous war.
这样的做法，在上次大战中，恰好是有先例的。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
7. There is no precedent for this situation.
对这一情况是没有先例的。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
8. Here there was an instructive precedent.
这里有一个可做前车之鉴的先例。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
9. When a precedent is overruled the effect is retrospective.
先例被宣告无效时，其结果溯及既往。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
10. Management, unlike law, is not a science based on precedent.
管理学不同于法学，不是一门以前例为依据的科学。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
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