precedents

英 [ˈprɛsɪdənts]

美 [ˈprɛsədənts]

n.  可援用参考的具体例子; 实例; 范例; 先前出现的事例; 前例; 先例; 传统; 常例; 常规
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柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 前例；先例
  If there is aprecedent foran action or event, it has happened before, and this can be regarded as an argument for doing it again.
  1. The trial could set an important precedent for dealing with large numbers of similar cases...
     这次审判能为处理大量类似案例开创重要的先例。
  2. There are plenty of precedents in Hollywood for letting people out of contracts.
     在好莱坞，允许影视人员解除合同的先例有很多。

双语例句

• He copied after bad precedents.
  他仿效恶例。
• There is no lack of precedents.
  不乏先例。
• There are few precedents for this sort of retroactive legislation.
  这种有追溯力的法规鲜有先例。
• Then there are the historical precedents of a strong dollar breaking things elsewhere.
  而且历史上有强势美元在其他地区造成破坏的先例。
• Such realism does have precedents.
  这种现实主义做法确实有先例可循。
• The third book of the old testament; contains Levitical law and ritual precedents.
  旧约第三卷；包含利未族法律和宗教礼节。
• But there are precedents for change.
  但有先例表明，这种情况将会改变。
• Whether Japanese consumers will embrace mass-market imports remains to be seen, since there are few precedents.
  日本消费者是否会接受大众市场进口汽车仍有待观察，因为这方面鲜有先例。
• Precedents are few and far between.
  这方面的先例寥寥无几。
• Precedents confirm the slowness and difficulty of the process.
  历史上的先例证实了这一过程的缓慢和困难。