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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 可援用參考的具體例子；實例；範例 Extra ExamplesOverturning a legal precedent is no easy matter. 推翻一項法律先例絕不是一件容易的事情。 The judge based his decision on precedents set during the Middle Ages. 法官基於中世紀時的先例作出了決定。 There is no obvious precedent for this law. 該法律沒有明顯的先例。 This case could could serve as a precedent for others against the tobacco companies. 此案可能成爲其他人反對煙草公司的先例。 This lowering of standards sets a dangerous precedent for future developments. 這次標準的降低爲將來的發展開了危險的先例。 The decision of the local authority was based on historical precedent. 地方當局的決定是以歷史前例爲依據的。
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a similar action or event that happened earlier 先前出現的事例；前例；先例 historical precedents 歷史前例 There is no precedent for a disaster of this scale. 這種規模的災難是空前的。 - without precedent
Such protests are without precedent in recent history. 這類抗議事件在近代史上沒有發生過。 The achievements of this period were without precedent in history. 這一時期取得的成就是史無前例的。
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the way that things have always been done 傳統；常例；常規 to break with precedent (= to do something in a different way) 打破常規
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Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, literally ‘preceding’.