Something out mind always has antecedent. 意想不到的事情总是有其前因的。
antecedent
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someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
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a preceding occurrence or cause or event
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anything that precedes something similar in time
<noun.linkdef> phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience
the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
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preceding in time or order
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Antecedent \An`te*ced"ent\, a. [L. antecedens, -entis, p. pr. of antecedere: cf. F. ant['e]c['e]dent.] 1. Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause.
2. Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability.
Syn: Prior; previous; foregoing.
Antecedent \An`te*ced"ent\, n. [Cf. F. ant['e]c['e]dent.] 1. That which goes before in time; that which precedes. --South.
The Homeric mythology, as well as the Homeric language, has surely its antecedents. --Max Miller.
2. One who precedes or goes in front. [Obs.]
My antecedent, or my gentleman usher. --Massinger.
3. pl. The earlier events of one's life; previous principles, conduct, course, history. --J. H. Newman.
If the troops . . . prove worthy of their antecedents, the victory is surely ours. --Gen. G. McClellan.
4. (Gram.) The noun to which a relative refers; as, in the sentence ``Solomon was the prince who built the temple,'' prince is the antecedent of who.
5. (Logic) (a) The first or conditional part of a hypothetical proposition; as, If the earth is fixed, the sun must move. (b) The first of the two propositions which constitute an enthymeme or contracted syllogism; as, Every man is mortal; therefore the king must die.
6. (Math.) The first of the two terms of a ratio; the first or third of the four terms of a proportion. In the ratio a:b, a is the antecedent, and b the consequent.
There is, it seems, a regal antecedent for the Labour party's view of the Square Mile. The 19th-century City differed from the late 20th in that power was more heavily concentrated.