英语词汇“precedent”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	precedent
释义	precedentprecedent /ˈprɛsədənt/ ●○○ AWL noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS► set/create/establish a precedent The case set a precedent for civil rights legislation. ► without precedent An epidemic on this scale is without precedent. ► break with precedent He decided to break with precedent (=do something in a different way from before) and have his lunches with his employees. ► set/create/establish a precedent The case set a precedent for civil rights legislation. 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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