precedent
n. 前例; 先例
If there is a precedent for an action or event, it has happened before, and this can be regarded as an argument for doing it again.
The trial could set an important precedent for dealing with large numbers of similar cases...
這次審判能為處理大量類似案例開創重要的先例。
There are plenty of precedents in Hollywood for letting people out of contracts.
在好萊塢,允許影視人員解除合同的先例有很多。
1. an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time
2. (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
3. a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws;
4. a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time)
1. preceding in time, order, or significance
The idea that the inflation genie can be painlessly rebottled has no historic precedent.
馴服通脹的魔鬼,而又要讓實體經濟毫髮無傷——至少歷史上沒有過這樣的先例.
The judge's decision sets a precedent for future cases of contempt of court.
法官的裁決為未來的藐視法庭案制定了一個先例.
There's a precedent to quote.
有例可援.
The guiding precedent [ on the Commerce Clause ] is informative but inconclusive.
( 憲法的商業條款 ) 這一導向性的先例令人大開眼界但卻帶有不確定性.
Is often nosebleed is leukaemia preclinical? Does leukaemia have cured precedent?
經常流鼻血是白血病的潛伏期 嗎 ?白血病有治癒的先例 嗎 ?