precedentn.
1. original from which a copy is made. original draft原件，原稿。
△ R.III.3.6.5:“Eleven hours I have spentto write it over. / For yesternight by Catesby was itsent me; / The precedent was full as long a-doing,/And yet within these five hours Hastings lived，”我花費了十一個小時才把它抄完，因為昨天晚上凱茨比才把它送給我；原稿在寫時也完全需要同樣長久的時間，然而在五小時以前海斯丁斯還活得好好的。
2. example to be followed先例，前例。
△L.L.L.1.2.122 (117):“some mighty precedent.”一個有力的前例。
precedenta. former從前的。
△Ham.3.4.98: “yourprecedent lord.”你的前夫。 |