“antecedent”在英语中的释义

adjective

1. Earlier, either in time or in order.

   • an antecedent cause
   • an event antecedent to the Biblical Flood

2. Presumptive.

   • an antecedent improbability

noun

1. Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.

2. An ancestor.

3. (grammar) A word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun or other pro-form.

4. (logic) The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition, i.e. p→q, where p is the antecedent, and q is the consequent.

5. (logic) The first of two subsets of a sequent, consisting of all the sequent's formulae which are valuated as true.

6. (mathematics) The first term of a ratio, i.e. the term a in the ratio a:b, the other being the consequent.

7. (chiefly in the plural) Previous principles, conduct, history, etc.