单词详解 | precedence

precedence
音标
英音/ ˈpresɪdəns / 美音/ ˈpresɪdəns /

听听基本释意:

外刊例句
This is not to say there are no circumstances in which a higher duty would take precedence.
这并不是说在任何情况下都不会优先考虑更高的职责。
Washington Post

But in the end reality took precedence and the skill of Max Verstappen and speed of his Red Bull were too much for Fernando Alonso.
但最终现实占了上风,马克斯·维斯塔潘的技术和红牛的速度对费尔南多·阿隆索来说太过分了。
BBC

This will take precedence in law over someone’s right to claim asylum – although there will be exemptions for the under-18s and those with serious medical conditions.
在法律上,这将优先于某人申请庇护的权利——尽管 18 岁以下的人和患有严重疾病的人将获得豁免。
BBC

基本释意
noun
status established in order of importance or urgency
(重要性或地位的)领先,优先权;地位先后,级别高低

同义词
precedency,priority,antecedence,antecedency,anteriority,precedency,priority,precedency,precession

短释义
When you’re stranded without food or water, the search for water should definitely take precedence over the search for food, since you’ll die of dehydration long before you starve. When deciding where to seat people, restaurant owners give precedence to the famous and rich: making them happy will be good for business. Which things take precedence over others depends on what you think is more important. “Age before beauty,” I always say.
注意名词优先级中的动词“precede”,您将能够记住优先级是指在时间或等级上位于前面的行为。

长释义
When you’re stranded without food or water, the search for water should definitely take precedence over the search for food, since you’ll die of dehydration long before you starve. When deciding where to seat people, restaurant owners give precedence to the famous and rich: making them happy will be good for business. Which things take precedence over others depends on what you think is more important. “Age before beauty,” I always say.
当你陷入没有食物或水的困境时,寻找水绝对应该优先于寻找食物,因为你在饥饿之前很久就会因脱水而死亡。在决定人们就座的位置时,餐馆老板优先考虑名人和富人:让他们高兴对生意有利。哪些事情优先于其他事情取决于您认为哪些事情更重要。 “年龄先于美丽”,我总是这么说。

文学例句
“Because the life on this earth takes absolute precedence over the whims of the dead, and for your friend, this method will be even more dangerous than an exorcism.”
“因为地球上的生命绝对优先于死者的一时兴起,而对于你的朋友来说,这种方法会比驱魔还要危险。”
The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros

I see fear in his eyes, and bewilderment, and, most astonishing of all, the fact that some adult worry is taking precedence over our walk together.
我在他的眼中看到了恐惧和困惑,最令人惊讶的是,一些成年人的担忧竟然凌驾于我们一起同行的之上。
Middlesex: A Novel by Jeffrey Eugenides

As Judith Flanders shows in The Invention of Murder, the current fascination with certain murders has a long historical precedence, and it goes back further than the Victorian era.
正如朱迪思·弗兰德斯在《谋杀的发明》中所表明的那样,当前对某些谋杀案的迷恋由来已久,而且可以追溯到维多利亚时代。
The Invention of Murder by Judith Flanders ? review by Andrew Anthony

词源
precedence (n.)late 15c., “a being a precedent, previous occurrence or existence,” from precedent (n.) + -ence, or from Medieval Latin praecedentia, from Latin praecedent-, past-participle stem of praecedere. Meaning “act or fact of preceding another, right of preceding another in processions, assemblies, social formalities, etc.” is from c. 1600.Related entries & more

下面是词源的翻译(机器翻译比较难翻,参考着看)
precedence (n.)late 15c.,“a 是一个先例,先前的事件或存在”,源自先例 (n.) + -ence,或源自中世纪拉丁语 praecedentia,源自拉丁语 praecedent-,praecedere 的过去分词词干。意思是“在游行、集会、社交礼仪等中走在另一人前面的行为或事实、走在另一人前面的权利”。来自 c. 1600.相关条目及更多


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