precedent是什么意思？

precedent

英[ˈpresɪdənt] 美[ˈprɛsɪdənt]

• n. 前例，先例；
• adj. 在前的，在先的；

复数：precedents;

例句

• However, reviewing courts have refrained from requiring agencies to follow precedent mechanically. 然而, 负责审查的法院抑制它们自己不去要求机关机械地遵守先例.
• They were determined to break from precedent. 他们决心打破先例。
• They're keenly aware that whatever they decide will set a precedent. 他们深知无论他们的决定是什么，都将开创先例。
• A juridical precedent is nothing but " authenticated custom ". 司法惯例只不过是 “ 权威的惯例 ” 罢了.
• Would it not set a precedent? Would it not open the floodgates? 难道它不会成为先例吗？难道它不会引发更多类似的问题吗？
• 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。
• Legal experts said her case would not set a precedent because it was an out-of-court settlement... 法律专家说她的案子不会成为判例，因为它是庭外和解的。
• ...a precedent which may be imitated by other activists in the future. 将来可能会被其他激进分子仿效的先例
• An east London school has set a precedent by fining pupils who break the rules. 伦敦东区的一所学校开创了对违反校规的学生处以罚金的先例。
• He erected a new doctrine of precedent. 他创立了一套新的判例原则。

反义词

• adj.
  precedent的反义词之：前面的;在先的
  following,
• precedent的反义词之：其他释义
  following,

英语六级真题

The lack of a precedent in American history.
出自-2010年6月阅读原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-VAR
  前例；先例
  If there is a precedent for an action or event, it has happened before, and this can be regarded as an argument for doing it again.
  例句
  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。 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。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  范例, 判例
  He copied after bad precedents. 他仿效恶例。

英英词典释义

• 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

行业词典

• 法律： 先例；判例；前项；