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

• The court's relative liberality may be explainable in part on the basis that in Duke power, unlike the more restrictive precedents, the necessary causal relationship had been established through evidence in the district court.
  最高法院相对宽大的立场部分地可从以下基础作出解释，即在“杜克动力公司”案里，与比较严格限制的先例不同，必要的因果关系已通过在地区法院的证据得以确立和证明。
• 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。
• He copied after bad precedents.
  他仿效恶例。
• There are precedents for reaching an international agreement on sharing costs and benefits-notably, the Marshall Plan.
  在成本和利益共享方面达成国际性的协议，有一些先例可循特别是《马歇尔计划》（marshallplan）。
• Structure: the board of directors is the principal governing and policy-making body and there is a senior Council with advisory responsibilities on matters of policies and precedents.
  结构：董事会是主要理事和决策机构，高级理事会在政策和先例事项上负有咨询责任。
• But there are precedents for change.
  但有先例表明，这种情况将会改变。
• 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。
• 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。
• Mr Roberts has a strong preference for making narrow decisions that have limited value as precedents.
  罗伯茨先生对于做出判例价值有限的偏狭决定具有强烈的偏好。
• The founders of the USA left important precedents.
  美国的建立者留下了很多重要的先例（复习：precedent，取决于pre=before）。