antecedent
英 [ˌæntɪˈsiːdənts] 美 [ˌæntɪˈsidənts]
【正式用语】前事、前情；【正式用语，常用复数】祖先、先人；【语法】先行词、先行语
- Charles Babbage's mechanical calculating engines were the antecedents of the modern computer.
查尔斯•巴贝奇的机械计算机是现代计算机的前身。 - Many people feel a great curiosity to find out about their antecedents.
很多人对于他们的祖先充满了好奇，很想探究一番。 - In the sentence "He picked a book off the shelf and handed it to Sally", "book" is the antecedent of "it".
在句子 He picked a book off the shelf and handed it to Sally 中，book 是 it 的先行词。
anteroom
英 [ˈæntiruːm] 美 [ˈæntiruːm]
（尤指重要公共建筑的）前厅、接待室，也作 antechamber 更正式
- The ministers waited for their meeting in the Cabinet anteroom.
部长们在内阁接待室等着开会。 - He had been patiently waiting in the anteroom for an hour.
他在前厅耐心地等了一个小时。
post-mortem
英 [ˌpəʊst ˈmɔːtəm] 美 [ˌpoʊst ˈmɔːrtəm]
验尸、尸体检验、尸体解剖；（尤指对失败或出差错的事情的）事后分析、事后检讨
- to conduct a post-mortem examination
进行尸检 - After we lose a game, there's usually a post-mortem over a few beers.
打完一场比赛，我们常边喝啤酒边作总结。
postscript
英 [ˈpəʊstskrɪpt] 美 [ˈpoʊstskrɪpt]
（信末签名后的）附笔、又及；（正文后的）附言、补充说明
- There was the usual romantic postscript at the end of his letter - PS I love you.
他的信末又是一贯浪漫的附笔——附： 我爱你。 - As a postscript to that story I told you last week, it turned out that the woman was his sister-in-law.
对上周我给你讲的那件事补充一句，那个女人原来是他妻子的妹妹。
antedate
英 [ˈæntɪdeɪt] 美 [ˈæntɪdeɪt]
早于；先于…建成（或形成、发生等），同 pre-date
- Few of the town's fine buildings antedate the earthquake of 1755.
该城的精美建筑很少是1755年大地震前建成的。 - These cave paintings antedate any others which are known.
这些洞穴绘画早于其他任何已知的同类绘画。
post-date
英 [ˌpəʊst ˈdeɪt] 美 [ˌpoʊst ˈdeɪt]
把（支票日期）填迟、预填（支票）日期、签迟日期；发生（或存在、造出）得较晚、发生在…之后
- Most manuscripts postdate the stories that have circulated by word of mouth for centuries.
大部分故事都是在口头流传数个世纪后才有书面记载的。 - He send us a postdate cheque.
他寄给我们一张填迟日期的支票。
postgraduate
英 [ˌpəʊstˈɡrædʒuət] 美 [ˌpoʊstˈɡrædʒuət]
【英式英语】研究生，非正式使用时也写作 postgrad ，而美式英语多用 graduate student
- Dr Hoffman did his postgraduate work at Leicester University.
霍夫曼博士是在莱斯特大学读的研究生。 - The University has a well-established tradition of welcoming postgraduate students from overseas.
这所大学有着欢迎海外研究生就读的悠久传统。
