单词antecedent中，词根ced表示“to walk”的意思,antecedent字面意思是“走在前面的人”，“先发生的事”。

When a pronoun has more than one possible antecedent in a sentence, the reader will get confused about which antecedent is meant. It is called “a pronoun with two or more possible antecedents”.

单词antecedent中，前缀ante-表示“against”的意思。

中国大学MOOC: The antecedent of when includes time, day, season, age, occasion, etc.

情绪管理ABC理论认为: A(Antecedent)是事情的前因,C(Consequence)是事情的后果,有前因必有后果,有同样的前因A,一定会产生一样的后果C。