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precedent
[pri'si:dənt]
释义
n.先例
An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future
例句
DR CLARKSON ：Please, Mrs Crawley, don't--don't force me to be uncivil. We would be setting an impossible precedent when every villager could--could demand the latest fad in treatment for each new cut and graze.（Downton Abbey)
克里克森医生：克劳利太太，我不想对你无礼，这种先例一开，每个村民都会要求用最新的方法。他们才不管是哪种类型的疾病。（唐顿庄园）
Nike: If there's a precedent in there somewhere that can help us suspend Lincoln’s execution, we're gonna find it. (Prison Break)
尼克：如果里头有先例，可以使得林肯的死刑缓期执行，我们一定要找到。（越狱）
