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an.te.ced.ent.An7ti5si:7d[ntn [C] fmlsomeone or something existing or happening before, esp. as the cause or origin of something existing or happening later先例；存在于…先的人或物Charles Babbage's mechanical calculating engines were the antecedents of the modern computer.查尔斯·巴贝奇的机械计算机是现代电子计算机的雏形。Many Christian festivals have pagan antecedents which stretch back into the distant past.很多基督教节日有其异教的渊源，它们可以上溯至远古时代。Some people see the pioneering novelist Dorothy Richardson as an antecedent of the Irish writer James Joyce.有些人把富于开拓性的小说家多萝西·理查森视为爱尔兰作家詹姆斯·乔伊斯的前驱。Many people feel a great curiosity to find out about their antecedents.许多人对于寻访他们祖先的事迹感到莫大的好奇。(specialized) An antecedent is also a word or phrase which a pronoun refers back to.先行词，前在成分In the sentence 'Bill ran up to Roz and kissed her', 'Roz'is the antecedent of 'her'.在Bill … her 这个句子中，Roz是her 的前在成分。
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