precedent 

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单词释义
n.先例,可援用参考的具体例子,实例,范例,先前出现的事例,前例,传统,常例,常规
adj.在前的,优先的
词根词缀记忆/谐音联想记忆 补充/纠错
词根pre 前;预先 + ced 行走,前进 + ent …………
其他怎么记补充/纠错
对比记忆precede v. 在...之前
preceding adj. 先前的
precedent n …………
词性拓展记忆 / 词形拓展记忆
原形:precedent复数:precedents
词根记忆 / 词缀记忆
precedent 先例(pre+ced走+ent=走在前面的东西=先例)
pre-表示”….前的,预先”
preschool 学龄前的(pre+school学校=上学前的)
prehistory 史前(pre+history历史)
prefix  …………
词组和短语补充/纠错
set a precedent 开创先例
not to be taken as a precedent 不作为先例
单词例句
This will set a precedent in the field.
这将开创一个领域的先例。
Their feat was without precedent in history.
他们的这项壮举是史无前例的。
Currently, the factory has realized the whole network connection and unmanned production of 12 main procedures, including assembly, logistics and commissioning, creating a precedent for Chinese enterprises' overseas manufacturing.
目前,该工厂已实现组装、物流、调试等12个主要工序的全网连接和无人化生产,开创了中国企业海外制造的先河。
"The administration doesn't need congressional approval to ban an entity, but it sets a dangerous precedent to do so without clear and extensive justification of wrongdoing, seemingly on a whim or as a personal bargaining chip," wrote Scott Galloway, a professor of marketing at the New York University Stern School of Business, in his blog.
The forced sale of the US arm of video app TikTok could have negative implications on foreign investment in the United States, and President Donald Trump's demand for a government cut of a potential deal could set a dangerous precedent, experts have said.
Song also said adding Huawei to the trade blacklist "sets a dangerous precedent.
"The FTC must set a resounding precedent that is heard by Facebook and any other tech company that disregards the law in a rapacious quest for growth, Blumenthal and Republican Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri wrote in a May 6 letter to the FTC, in regard to a privacy settlement with the company.
The speculation has not been verified, but there was a similar precedent for Dong.
The valuation is in line with comparable companies but lower than the overall level of precedent transactions, the statement noted.
This move paves the way for novel collaborative approaches and cooperation on matters related to digital trade, setting a precedent for tackling emerging issues in this domain.
They have voiced their desire for the trade remedy measures related to the wine dispute between the two countries to be resolved, following the precedent set by the resolution of the barley case within the WTO.
"Since humanity began using nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, there has been neither any precedent nor universally recognized standards for discharging nuclear-contaminated water into the ocean," a ministry spokesperson said in a statement.
China hopes that the EU will cherish China-EU mutual trust and cooperation, act prudently and not set a bad precedent, she said.
It has set a terrible precedent of abusing the concept of national security for trade protectionism," said Zhao Hong, a professor at Peking University's Law School and former chairperson of the WTO Appellate Body.
The planning of the new Hengqin cooperation zone has been a challenge and an opportunity for Macao as there is no precedent to follow in creating "not just any development zone", the special administrative region's leader said on Sunday.
"Few senior executives will face such serious and far-reaching challenges as the pandemic in their careers, and those who habitually rely on common practice and past experience to solve problems now find there's no precedent for tackling problems brought by the pandemic," Cheng said.
It sets a bad and dangerous precedent in international economic and trade rules, the council said.
Yang Yong, chief expert in development geology at Sinopec Shengli Oilfield, said there is no precedent for successful development of shale oil as thick as this in the world, and that a series of technological challenges need to be overcome.
The Ministry of Finance and the State Taxation Administration will follow the NPC Standing Committee's authorization to draw up a draft on real estate tax, getting fully prepared for the trials according to legal precedent, officials in charge of China's Finance Ministry and tax administration were quoted as saying by Xinhua.
"Salmon cultivation in cold sea waters in countries such as Norway, Chile and China has created a precedent to breed salmon in warm waters, the lowest latitude of salmon farm in the world," Dong said.
He described the rapid shift in the industry caused by COVID-19 as "almost without precedent".
They say if European Union competition regulators approve the deal next month, it will damage the credibility of EU competition law and set a precedent for mega mergers by other transport and utility companies.
"It was crucial for us that we had a very helpful, friendly and efficient local government to support our business, because back then everything was awaiting reform, and we had no precedent to follow," Zhou recalled.
"We believe the resulting impact of tariffs on imported vehicles and vehicle components will ultimately harm US economic security and weaken our national security," the group wrote, calling the tariffs a "mistake" and adding imposing them "could very well set a dangerous precedent that other nations could use to protect their local market from foreign competition".
"Imposing such tariffs on automobile and automotive parts imports would only make things worse," the business association warned, adding it would also double down on a bad precedent for US trade policy.
If it were to go through, this deal sets such a bad precedent that it endangers the rule-based system of international investments.
The proposed deal was so unfair to TikTok and its shareholders that it would have created a terrible precedent.
It is this pragmatism that is essential to Britain's prosperity outside of the EU and has enabled London to set a precedent.
"Mixing politics with normal business cooperation sets a bad precedent, especially as the world is at the tipping point of large-scale 5G network construction," Bai added.
"Argentina's case might have set a precedent," Liu said.
In the international capital market, selling a small portion of a rising capital's equity is not without precedent.
The report to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in October reiterated the longstanding goal of turning the world's most populous country into a fully modernized socialist power by the middle of this century — a feat that a commentary in People's Daily said "has no precedent to follow".
考试真题例句(机器翻译仅供参考)

六级If Apple alters the security model of future iPhones so that even its own engineers' "reasonable assistance" will not be able to crack a given device when compelled by the government, a precedent set in this case might lose its lasting force.

如果苹果改变了未来iphone的安全模式,以至于在政府的强制下,即使是自己的工程师的“合理协助”也无法破解给定的设备,那么这一案例中的先例可能会失去持久的效力。

2017年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

六级As Apple and several security experts have argued, an order compelling Apple to write software that gives the Fbi access to the iPhone in question would establish an unsettling precedent.

正如苹果公司和几位安全专家所指出的那样,一项命令迫使苹果公司编写软件,让联邦调查局能够访问相关的iPhone,将开创一个令人不安的先例。

2017年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

六级The order essentially asks Apple to hack its own devices, and once it is in place, the precedent could be used to justify law enforcement efforts to get around encryption technologies in other investigations far removed from national security threats.

该命令实质上要求苹果黑客攻击自己的设备,一旦该命令生效,这一先例可以用来证明执法部门在远离国家安全威胁的其他调查中绕过加密技术的努力是正当的。

2017年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

六级Despite the modesty of the benefit, the Chamber of Commerce and other business groups fought it bitterly, describing it as "government-run personnel management" and a "dangerous precedent".

尽管好处不大,但商会和其他商业团体对此进行了激烈的斗争,称之为“政府运作的人事管理”和“危险的先例”。

2010年6月阅读原文

六级As Apple and several security experts have argued, an order compelling Apple to write software that gives the access to the iPhone in question would establish an unsettling precedent.

正如苹果公司和几位安全专家所认为的那样,一项命令迫使苹果公司编写能够访问有问题的iPhone的软件

2017年12月英语六级考试真题(卷三)

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