antecedently, [clause]
Antecedently, she had prepared the report.
先前，她已准备好了报告。
先前；在之前
在较早的时候。；在前；在先
在较早的时候。
At an earlier time.
The committee antecedently agreed on the budget cuts before the public announcement.
委员会在公开宣布前事先同意了预算削减。
用法提示：副词，修饰动词agreed，表示动作发生在之前。
The results were antecedently predicted by the initial model.
这些结果被初始模型预先预测到了。
用法提示：副词，修饰被动语态were predicted，表示预测的时间在先。
She had antecedently arranged all the documents for the meeting.
她事先已经为会议整理好了所有文件。
用法提示：副词，修饰动词arranged，强调动作在会议之前已完成。
Antecedently, she had prepared the report.
先前，她已准备好了报告。
常用于正式语境
He acted antecedently to the decision.
他在决定之前就行动了。
grammar · medium
易错句子The antecedently event was significant.
正确表达The antecedent event was significant.
错误将副词“antecedently”用作形容词。此处需要形容词“antecedent”修饰名词“event”。
grammar · medium
易错句子He arrived antecedently the meeting.
正确表达He arrived antecedently to the meeting.
“antecedently”后缺少介词“to”，导致结构不完整。副词通常搭配介词短语使用，如“antecedently to”。
previously 强调事件发生在过去某个时间点之前，而 antecedently 更正式，常用于逻辑或时间顺序上的在先。
formerly 通常指过去的状态或身份，强调已经改变，而 antecedently 更强调时间上的先后顺序。
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