precedent

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基本釋義

n.
前例; 先例

詞性變化

實(shí)用例句

The ruling set a precedent for future libel cases.

這項(xiàng)裁決為今后的誹謗案提供了判例。

牛津詞典

historical precedents

歷史前例

牛津詞典

There is no precedent for a disaster of this scale.

這種規(guī)模的災(zāi)難是空前的。

牛津詞典

Such protests are without precedent in recent history.

這類抗議事件在近代史上沒(méi)有發(fā)生過(guò)。

牛津詞典

to break with precedent (= to do sth in a different way)

打破常規(guī)

牛津詞典

The trial could set an important precedent for dealing with large numbers of similar cases...

這次審判能為處理大量類似案例開(kāi)創(chuàng)重要的先例。

There are plenty of precedents in Hollywood for letting people out of contracts.

在好萊塢,允許影視人員解除合同的先例有很多。

The idea that the inflation genie can be painlessly rebottled has no historic precedent.

馴服通脹的魔鬼,而又要讓實(shí)體經(jīng)濟(jì)毫發(fā)無(wú)傷——至少歷史上沒(méi)有過(guò)這樣的先例.

期刊摘選

The judge's decision sets a precedent for future cases of contempt of court.

法官的裁決為未來(lái)的藐視法庭案制定了一個(gè)先例.

口語(yǔ)例句

There's a precedent to quote.

有例可援.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

The guiding precedent [ on the Commerce Clause ] is informative but inconclusive.

( 憲法的商業(yè)條款 ) 這一導(dǎo)向性的先例令人大開(kāi)眼界但卻帶有不確定性.

期刊摘選

Is often nosebleed is leukaemia preclinical? Does leukaemia have cured precedent?

經(jīng)常流鼻血是白血病的潛伏期 嗎 ?白血病有治愈的先例 嗎 ?

期刊摘選

If he is allowed to do this, it will be a precedent for others.

如果允許他這樣做, 就會(huì)為別人開(kāi)先例.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

The floods and storms, which have no precedent in the recorded history, devastated the country.

史無(wú)前例的洪水和暴風(fēng)雪毀掉了這個(gè)國(guó)家.

期刊摘選

Loan guarantees to Chrysler would set a dangerous precedent.

向克萊斯勒汽車(chē)公司提供貸款保證會(huì)樹(shù)立一個(gè)危險(xiǎn)的先例.

辭典例句

Principles and rules have petrified with the accumulated weight of precedent.

由于層層先例的累積使原則和章程變得僵化呆板了.

期刊摘選

It is something new, without precedent in world history.

世界歷史上還沒(méi)有這樣一個(gè)法,這是一個(gè)新的事物.

期刊摘選

When the results of the two evaluations are inconsistent , the national economic evaluation takes precedent.

本文對(duì)污水處理工程的效益和費(fèi)用作了簡(jiǎn)單分析以了解國(guó)民經(jīng)濟(jì)評(píng)價(jià)的意義.

期刊摘選

Is there a precedent for what you want me to do?

你要我做的事有前例可援 嗎 ?

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

This is a departure from precedent.

這是違反前例的.

期刊摘選

The key operation of the common law system is to follow precedent.

普通法系判例法的運(yùn)作關(guān)鍵,在于對(duì)先例的遵循.

期刊摘選

The court have follow the precedent set in the 1972 case.

法院遵循了1972年案中所定下的先例.

期刊摘選

In 1905, Einstein created a miracle without precedent in the history of science.

1905年, 愛(ài)因斯坦在科學(xué)史上創(chuàng)造了一個(gè)無(wú)先例的奇跡.

期刊摘選

This is a wonderful achievement without precedent in Chinese history.

這是中國(guó)歷史上亙古未有的奇績(jī).

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

If this suggestion is accepted, It'should not be considered as a precedent.

如果此建議被接受, 以后不得引以為例.

期刊摘選

Finally, a judge may always simply overrule the clearly applicable precedent.

最后, 法官通常會(huì)簡(jiǎn)單地否決明確適用的前例.

期刊摘選

This way of settling the case would set an awkward precedent.

這樣解決此案將開(kāi)創(chuàng)一個(gè)難以處理的先例.

期刊摘選

There's no precedent for this.

向無(wú)此例.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

When a precedent is overruled the effect is retrospective.

先例被宣告無(wú)效時(shí),其結(jié)果溯及既往.

辭典例句

The decision set a precedent for similar situations that may happen in the future.

這個(gè)決定設(shè)下了先例讓以后類似的情形的情況發(fā)生的時(shí)候可以依照辦理.

期刊摘選

真題例句

The lack of a precedent in American history.

出自-2010年6月閱讀原文

As Apple and several security experts have argued, an order compelling Apple to write software that gives the Fbi access to the iPhone in question would establish an unsettling precedent.

2017年12月六級(jí)真題(第三套)閱讀 Section B

If Apple alters the security model of future iPhones so that even its own engineers' "reasonable assistance" will not be able to crack a given device when compelled by the government, a precedent set in this case might lose its lasting force.

2017年12月六級(jí)真題(第三套)閱讀 Section B

The order essentially asks Apple to hack its own devices, and once it is in place, the precedent could be used to justify law enforcement efforts to get around encryption technologies in other investigations far removed from national security threats.

2017年12月六級(jí)真題(第三套)閱讀 Section B

The legal issues in the case are obscure: whereas the Supreme Court has ruled that states do have some regulatory authority over nuclear power, legal scholars say that Vermont case will offer a precedent-setting test of how far those powers extend.

出自-2012年考研閱讀原文

英英釋義

Noun
  • 1. an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time

  • 2. (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions

  • 3. a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws;

    "common law originated in the unwritten laws of England and was later applied in the United States"

  • 4. a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time)

Adjective
  • 1. preceding in time, order, or significance

同義詞

反義詞

adj.前面的;在先的

following

其他釋義

following

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