precedent

US [ˈpresɪdənt]
UK ['presɪdənt]
  • n.先例；前例；可援用参考的具体例子；实例
  • adj.在前的；优先的
  • Web判例；惯例；在先的
Plural Form：precedents  

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precedent
n.
1.
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可援用参考的具体例子；实例；范例an official action or decision that has happened in the past and that is seen as an example or a rule to be followed in a similar situation later
The ruling set a precedent for future libel cases.
这项裁决为今后的诽谤案提供了判例。
2.
[c][u]
先前出现的事例；前例；先例a similar action or event that happened earlier
historical precedents
历史前例
There is no precedent for a disaster of this scale.
这种规模的灾难是空前的。
Such protests are without precedent in recent history.
这类抗议事件在近代史上没有发生过。
3.
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传统；常例；常规the way that things have always been done
to break with precedent(= to do sth in a different way)
打破常规

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It is completely unregulated by any certification organizations and therefore has no real precedent to what its content should be.
它完全没有任何具有验证资格的组织来进行监管，因此其含量究竟应该如何没有前例。
tā wán quán méi yǒu rèn hé jù yǒu yàn zhèng zī gé de zǔ zhī lái jìn xíng jiān guǎn , yīn cǐ qí hán liàng jiū jìng yīng gāi rú hé méi yǒu qián lì 。
blog.sina.com.cn
2.
In the proof, to increase the persuasive power, quotes the Qing Dynasty judicial precedent massively, said the law by the document.
在论证中，为增加说服力，大量引用清代成案，以案说律。
zài lùn zhèng zhōng , wèi zēng jiā shuō fú lì , dà liàng yǐn yòng qīng dài chéng àn , yǐ àn shuō lǜ 。
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3.
Some observers say there is a recent precedent for the sort of pressures the system is now facing.
一些观察人士表示，中国政治制度目前面临的这类压力，不久以前也曾出现过。
yì xiē guān chá rén shì biǎo shì , zhōng guó zhèng zhì zhì dù mù qián miàn lín de zhè lèi yā lì , bù jiǔ yǐ qián yě céng chū xiàn guò 。
www.ftchinese.com
4.
To its opponents, China's Three Gorges dam on the Yangtze River is all the more tragic because it has a historical precedent.
对于反对者而言，中国长江上的三峡大坝（ThreeGorges）是一个重蹈覆辙的悲剧，因为历史上已有前车之鉴。
duì yú fǎn duì zhě ér yán , zhōng guó cháng jiāng shàng de sān xiá dà bà ( ThreeGorges ) shì yī gè chóng dǎo fù zhé de bēi jù , yīn wèi lì shǐ shàng yǐ yǒu qián chē zhī jiàn 。
www.ftchinese.com
5.
The election of one individual with the single mission of controlling the police seems to have no direct precedent in America or elsewhere.
对于选举出某个人来监督警察这一机制，在美国和其他国家似乎都找不到先例。
duì yú xuǎn jǔ chū mǒu gè rén lái jiān dū jǐng chá zhè yī jī zhì , zài měi guó hé qí tā guó jiā sì hū dōu zhǎo bù dào xiān lì 。
www.ecocn.org
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A juridical precedent is nothing but "authenticated custom"
司法惯例只不过是“权威的惯例”罢了。
sī fǎ guàn lì zhǐ bú guò shì " quán wēi de guàn lì " bà le 。
dict.ebigear.com
7.
For nothing to happen would be a very bad precedent here in Asia, ' he said.
如果什么也不发生，那将成为亚洲一个非常糟糕的先例。
rú guǒ shén me yě bù fā shēng , nà jiāng chéng wéi yà zhōu yī gè fēi cháng zāo gāo de xiān lì 。
c.wsj.com
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Lawyers said the decision could set a precedent for a broad application of the antimonopoly law.
律师们说，这一裁决可能为反垄断法设立了一个广泛适用的先例。
lǜ shī men shuō , zhè yī cái jué kě néng wèi fǎn lǒng duàn fǎ shè lì le yī gè guǎng fàn shì yòng de xiān lì 。
www.bing.com
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This seems to offer a sort of legal invitation to criminals to cover their tracks, and the precedent will probably be controversial.
这样似乎鼓励、引诱犯人隐藏他们行迹，而这样的判例将会引起许争议。
zhè yàng sì hū gǔ lì 、 yǐn yòu fàn rén yǐn cáng tā men xíng jì , ér zhè yàng de pàn lì jiāng huì yǐn qǐ xǔ zhēng yì 。
zh.globalvoicesonline.org
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When a principle is asserted which establishes such a precedent, and may lead to such results, it is, to say the least, startling.
提出这么一个原则，建议这么一个前提，而得到这么一个结论，就是退一步说，也是令人惊骇的。
tí chū zhè me yī gè yuán zé , jiàn yì zhè me yī gè qián tí , ér dé dào zhè me yī gè jié lùn , jiù shì tuì yī bù shuō , yě shì lìng rén jīng hài de 。
tr.bab.la