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

• No precedents were available to show us how a modern day currency board system should be structured.
  现代货币发行局制度的结构应该是怎样的一个课题，是没有先例可援的。
• There are, however, encouraging precedents from the rest of Asia.
  然而亚洲其他地方有着鼓舞人心的先例。
• She wanted to know if Westerners saw it that way and if there were any precedents.
  她想知道西方人是不是也这么看，有没有这样的先例。
• In preparing his brief he gave only two pages to conventional legal reasoning and citation of precedents.
  他在准备辩护状时，仅用两纸进行通常的法律推理和援引判例。
• Their demand for mere food than their share was turned down in the light of precedents.
  他们想得到多于应得份额食品的要求根据先例被拒绝了。
• Washington has also initiated cases with an eye to establishing useful precedents.
  美国政府提起诉讼时还着眼于确立有用的判例。
• 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。
• 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。
• There have been partial precedents in American history but nothing quite like this.
  部分情况在美国历史上曾有过先例，但完全类似的情况还从来没出现过。