| 单词 | preceding |
| 释义 | preceding (once / 260 pages) adj Something is preceding if it comes directly before. The preceding sentence is not so much a definition of the word preceding as a description of it. To cede is to give way, so when you use preceding to describe, say, a person, you’re essentially describing him as the one that just gave way. Previous is a good synonyms. If you are in 11th grade now, you were in 10th grade in the preceding year. And a persistent person will keep asking for something even if "no" has been the answer the 10 preceding times he or she has asked. WORD FAMILYprecede: preceded, precedency, precedent, precedes, preceding, precession+/precedence: precedences, precedential/precedency: precedencies/precedent: precedence, precedently, precedents/precession: precessions USAGE EXAMPLESThe “orange alert” is the third level, preceding a “red alert,” in China’s four-tiered warning system. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) “Almost every career trajectory entails a complex sequence of steps, each of which depends on those preceding it,” he said. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) He was sacked four times, including a pivotal 22-yarder on second down from the Wake Forest 6 preceding the Owls’ final field goal. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) 1adj existing or coming before Syn|Ant antecedent preceding in time or order aboveappearing earlier in the same text above-mentioned, above-namedmentioned or named earlier in the same text foregoingespecially of writing or speech; going before introductory, prefatorial, prefatoryserving as an introduction or preface precedentpreceding in time, order, or significance premedicalpreceding and preparing for the study of medicine preparative, preparatory, propaedeuticpreceding and preparing for something old, previousjust preceding something else in time or order succeeding coming after or following subsequentfollowing in time or order back-to-back, consecutiveone after the other ensuingfollowing immediately and as a result of what went before following, undermentionedabout to be mentioned or specified following, nextimmediately following in time or order in linebeing next in a line of succession postmortemafter death or after an event 2adj of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office Syn past, retiring outgoing leaving a place or a position |
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