| 单词 | precedent-setting | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasprecedent-setting  C1.   Objective, as  precedent-loving,  precedent-setting,  precedent-worshipping, etc., adjs. ΚΠ 1853    C. Kingsley Lett. 		(1878)	 I. 374  				If we can prove this point, we prove everything with precedent-worshipping John Bull. 1883    Harper's Mag. July 296/1  				We are a dull, blind, precedent-loving set of animals, we human beings. 1913    Washington Post 7 Mar. 1/8  				Joseph P. Tumulty, President Wilson's secretary, started a small precedent-shattering campaign of his own yesterday. 1967    Economist 14 Oct. 160/3  				In Boston an outspoken lawyer, in a precedent-setting challenge to the constitutionality of the Massachusetts laws against marijuana, is asking whether all the fuss over pot is really worth it. 2000    Scotsman 		(Nexis)	 1 July 10  				The erudite and precedent-loving procurator fiscal. < as lemmas  | 
	
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