单词 | precedent |
释义 | precedentprecedent /ˈprɛsədənt/ ●○○ AWL noun 1[countable] an action or official decision that can be used to give legal support to later actions or decisions: precedent for There is no precedent for this.set/create/establish a precedent The case set a precedent for civil rights legislation.2[countable, uncountable] something of the same type that has happened or existed before: precedent for There is no precedent for an empire as vast as that of Russia. An epidemic on this scale is without precedent. He decided to break with precedent (=do something in a different way from before) and have his lunches with his employees.3[countable, uncountable] law an official decision by a court on which later decisions are based, or the practice of basing legal decisions on these: set/create/establish a precedent The case set a precedent for civil rights legislation. |
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