antecedents 

  1. 名詞
antecedent複數: 來路, 來歷
經歷, 學歷
祖先
/以上通常為複數/
前情, 前事
前身
(關係代名詞的)先行詞
(比例)前項
(邏緝)前件

    同義字詞
causality,causation,cause,occasion,reason
ancestor,archetype,daddy,foregoer,forerunner,granddaddy,grandaddy,precursor,predecessor,prototype

例句

  1. The historical antecedents in each case vary.
  2. These people were the antecedents of the Aztecs.
  3. Antecedents , Joanne demands something; parents deny it.
  4. I was also surprised at the film's obvious antecedents .
  5. The earliest known antecedents of the race are medieval.