precedent
美 [ˈpresɪdənt]
英 ['presɪdənt] 
- n.先例;前例;可援用参考的具体例子;实例
- adj.在前的;优先的
- 网络判例;惯例;在先的
词形变化
复数:precedents 同义词
英汉双解
1. | [c][u] 可援用参考的具体例子;实例;范例an official action or decision that has happened in the past and that is seen as an example or a rule to be followed in a similar situation later |
| 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。 |
2. | [c][u] 先前出现的事例;前例;先例a similar action or event that happened earlier |
| historical precedents 历史前例 |
| There is no precedent for a disaster of this scale. 这种规模的灾难是空前的。 |
| Such protests are without precedent in recent history. 这类抗议事件在近代史上没有发生过。 |
3. | [u] 传统;常例;常规the way that things have always been done |
| to break with precedent(= to do sth in a different way) 打破常规 |
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英英解释
例句
It is completely unregulated by any certification organizations and therefore has no real precedent to what its content should be.
它完全没有任何具有验证资格的组织来进行监管,因此其含量究竟应该如何没有前例。
In the proof, to increase the persuasive power, quotes the Qing Dynasty judicial precedent massively, said the law by the document.
在论证中,为增加说服力,大量引用清代成案,以案说律。
Some observers say there is a recent precedent for the sort of pressures the system is now facing.
一些观察人士表示,中国政治制度目前面临的这类压力,不久以前也曾出现过。
To its opponents, China's Three Gorges dam on the Yangtze River is all the more tragic because it has a historical precedent.
对于反对者而言,中国长江上的三峡大坝(ThreeGorges)是一个重蹈覆辙的悲剧,因为历史上已有前车之鉴。
The election of one individual with the single mission of controlling the police seems to have no direct precedent in America or elsewhere.
对于选举出某个人来监督警察这一机制,在美国和其他国家似乎都找不到先例。
A juridical precedent is nothing but "authenticated custom"
司法惯例只不过是“权威的惯例”罢了。
For nothing to happen would be a very bad precedent here in Asia, ' he said.
如果什么也不发生,那将成为亚洲一个非常糟糕的先例。
Lawyers said the decision could set a precedent for a broad application of the antimonopoly law.
律师们说,这一裁决可能为反垄断法设立了一个广泛适用的先例。
This seems to offer a sort of legal invitation to criminals to cover their tracks, and the precedent will probably be controversial.
这样似乎鼓励、引诱犯人隐藏他们行迹,而这样的判例将会引起许争议。
When a principle is asserted which establishes such a precedent, and may lead to such results, it is, to say the least, startling.
提出这么一个原则,建议这么一个前提,而得到这么一个结论,就是退一步说,也是令人惊骇的。
renault: another precedent gone. this has been a very interesting evening. i'll call you a cab. gasoline rationing time of night.
又破了一个先例。今晚过得真愉快。我给你们叫辆车。在晚上,汽油是需要配给的。
agree, whether or not subject to any condition precedent or subsequent, to do any of the foregoing.
服从或者不服从前述的先例或者后发的任何情形。
Historical precedent is often the forecasting tool of the mediocre mind.
历史先例往往成为平庸者的预测工具。
"Everyone is hoping that there will soon be a [deal approval] precedent but no one wants to go first, " he said.
“每个人都希望很快会出现交易获批的先例,但没人愿意第一个行动,”他表示。
You know that the higher cost of credit, you can take the demand draft just as a one-off precedent.
你也知道信用证成本较高,你方能否接受即期汇票,我方下不为例。
But it is worth noting, as something of a precedent, the Islamic concept of zakat.
但值得关注一下伊斯兰教的“天课”(zakat)概念,某种程度上,它像是一种先例。
A generation is growing up plugged into an internet-polity that lets it trade ideas and goods in a way that has no precedent.
一代人正在密切参与互联网政治的情况下成长,这使得他们能够以前所未有的方式,交换思想与商品。
The report arrives just as a Chinese court has breathed new life into a potentially precedent-setting AIDS discrimination lawsuit.
这份报告出炉之际恰逢一家中国法院受理一桩有可能成为判例的艾滋病歧视案件。
As it happens, there is a very recent precedent for this sort of effective apology.
事实是,这样行之有效的道歉最近已有先例。
It eventually came out on top, and helped shape the legal precedent for video game copyright law.
它最终还是技高一筹,并帮助形成了对视频游戏的版权法的法律先例。
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。
Is there a precedent for what you want me to do?
你要我做的事有成例可援吗?
The question now is whether Mr. Kan, a plain-spoken former civic activist, can further defy precedent by lasting more than a year in office.
目前的问题是,菅直人先生,这位直来直去的前民间活动家,是否能打破惯例,在首相的位置上待上一年。
Spain and Italy would not be the only places to fret about the precedent of rich regions pulling away from poorer ones.
富裕的地区从较贫困的地区分离出来这个先例,西班牙和意大利并不是唯一对此操心的国家。
There might be precedent in the case of Chuckie Taylor, a U. S. citizen and son of the former Liberian warlord Charles Taylor.
朱基.泰勒案就是一个先例,他是美国公民,也是前利比亚军阀查尔斯泰勒的儿子。
We had not heard this because medical reports were following precedent by not preaching diet changes before research was finished.
我们没有听说过这样的事,因为医学报告是根据先例写的,在研究完成之前他们是不会宣传改变饮食的。
Professional field explorers should be part of every crew sent to the moon, establishing the precedent for Mars exploration.
每个登月小组都应该编制有专业的实地探索人员,为火星探索任务建立先例。
'A fall in the number of poor of this magnitude over such a short period is without historical precedent, ' the authors write.
世界银行报告的作者们表示,在如此短的时间里令这么多的人口脱贫,这是史无前例的。
VI. Supply the Principal with quarterly reports on the services performed during the precedent quarter and any other useful information.
第六项向委托方提供的季度报告包含上一季的经营情况和其他有用的信息。
"However, " he said, "we can't predict when or where it will start. On historical precedent, it could be any time in the next two years. "
他说,“然而,我们不能预知何时何地它会开始回归。根据历史上的先例,它可能发生在后两年的任何时间内。”
Since there is no precedent to build such a complex and unique country as China, we have to do it by trial and error.
建设中国这样一个独特而复杂的大国,我们没有现成的套路,只能边试边干。
Setting a rather inauspicious precedent, the empress is said to have fortified her driver, Sun Fuling, with a generous bowl of rice wine.
据说,皇太后给他的司机孙富龄喝了一大碗米酒让他壮胆,这真是个不幸的前车之鉴啊。
But this should not be regarded as a precedent for our future business. The accommodation is only for this transaction.
但这并不能作为我们以后生意援引的先例。通融只限于这笔交易。
Yi Tenuo tell the truth, he said that the separation of southern Sudan is a "dangerous precedent. "
伊特诺说出了心里话,他表示南苏丹的分离是一个“危险的先例”。
But this isn't as futuristic as it sounds: There's a precedent for this sort of use of body heat.
但这并不是听起来那么异想天开:存在如此使用体热的先例。
Mr Liu's conviction made him a martyr in the eyes of many colleagues, who feared the precedent his case set.
对刘尧的定罪,使他在许多同行眼中成为殉道者,他们担心本案为以后设立先例。
So the flow of resources from the commodity booms to the bottom billion are without precedent.
因此商品的繁荣将给最底层的10亿人带来可触的未来。
This was a policy decision, and I congratulate the Shanghai authorities on setting a precedent.
这是一项政策决定,我祝贺上海当局的这一创举。
There has no precedent go by about the lighting and aeration through opening double big holes in high-rise building construction.
高层建筑转换大梁开双大洞采光通风,没有先列可供借鉴。
So far few studies have been conducted on the difference between Precedent and Parody through case studies of advertisement discourse.
但是在以往的研究中,通过俄语广告篇章中的实例浅析浅析来对先例及仿拟现象差别的研究却很少。
This rate of population increase has no historical precedent.
这种人口增长的速度是史无前例的。
It teaches the importance of precedent but cautions that it will not always suffice for a new era.
它告诉我们遵循先例的重要性,同时告诫我们先例不会永远满足新的时代。