1.[c][u]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.[u]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
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
A juridical precedent is nothing but "authenticated custom"
司法惯例只不过是“权威的惯例”罢了。
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。
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。
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。
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。
renault: another precedent gone. this has been a very interesting evening. i'll call you a cab. gasoline rationing time of night.
又破了一个先例。今晚过得真愉快。我给你们叫辆车。在晚上,汽油是需要配给的。
agree, whether or not subject to any condition precedent or subsequent, to do any of the foregoing.
服从或者不服从前述的先例或者后发的任何情形。
Historical precedent is often the forecasting tool of the mediocre mind.
历史先例往往成为平庸者的预测工具。
"Everyone is hoping that there will soon be a [deal approval] precedent but no one wants to go first, " he said.
“每个人都希望很快会出现交易获批的先例,但没人愿意第一个行动,”他表示。
You know that the higher cost of credit, you can take the demand draft just as a one-off precedent.
你也知道信用证成本较高,你方能否接受即期汇票,我方下不为例。
But it is worth noting, as something of a precedent, the Islamic concept of zakat.
但值得关注一下伊斯兰教的“天课”(zakat)概念,某种程度上,它像是一种先例。
A generation is growing up plugged into an internet-polity that lets it trade ideas and goods in a way that has no precedent.
一代人正在密切参与互联网政治的情况下成长,这使得他们能够以前所未有的方式,交换思想与商品。
The report arrives just as a Chinese court has breathed new life into a potentially precedent-setting AIDS discrimination lawsuit.
这份报告出炉之际恰逢一家中国法院受理一桩有可能成为判例的艾滋病歧视案件。
As it happens, there is a very recent precedent for this sort of effective apology.
事实是,这样行之有效的道歉最近已有先例。
It eventually came out on top, and helped shape the legal precedent for video game copyright law.
它最终还是技高一筹,并帮助形成了对视频游戏的版权法的法律先例。
以上图片仅供学习交流使用,版权归原作者所有,如有侵权,请与我方联系