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antecedent .ænti'si:dnt

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释义

n. 前情, 先行词
a. 先前的, 先行的

英文释义

n. a preceding occurrence or cause or event
n. anything that precedes something similar in time
n. the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun

词形变化

复数: antecedents

BNC词频排名: 16,104 | 当代语料库词频排名: 16,403