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单词

antecedent

读音
ˌæntɪˈsiːdnt
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释义

n. 前情;祖先;(语法)先行词;前件 adj. 先前的;(语法)先行的 [ 复数 antecedents ]

例句

In 'He grabbed the ball and threw it in the air', 'ball' is the antecedent of 'it'.
在He grabbed the ball and threw it in the air一句中,ball是it的先行词。
You have sufficient reason for affirming the antecedent.
你有充分的理由肯定先例。
Upon contracting government projects, the antecedent money for bidding may be reduced by up to 50%.
承揽政府工程时,押标金、得降低百分之五十以下。

强化记忆

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in which the pronoun has to have the same grammatical numberas its antecedent.[everyone in the vicinity held their breath]
[everyone in the vicinity held their breath]"Their" is plural and "everyone," its antecedent, is singular.You would never say, "Everyone were there."
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出国,专四专八,其他

所在词典

GRE填空及阅读机经,托福TPO阅读真题,专四真题近十年,经济学人(The Economist)