antecedence是什么意思

n.先行,先前

1. The judge considered the antecedence of the case before making a decision.
法官在作出决定之前考虑了案件的先例。
2. The country's economic antecedence can be traced back to the industrial revolution.
该国的经济先前的状况可以追溯到工业革命。

先例；先前的状况或事件