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antecedent

英/ˌæntɪsˈiːdənt/
美/ˌænˈtɛsədənt/

美式其他读音 /ˌæntɪˈsidənt/

01n.

前情, 先行词

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

02adj.

先前的, 先行的