antecedentとは 意味や使い方

antecedentを含む例文

• In the sentence "John is a good student because he always does his homework," "John" is the antecedent of "he."

  「ジョンは宿題をいつもやるので、彼は優秀な生徒です」という文で、「ジョン」は「彼」の先行詞です。

• The antecedent of the pronoun "it" in the sentence "The dog chased the cat and caught it" is "cat."

  「犬が猫を追いかけて捕まえた」という文で、「it」の先行詞は「cat」です。

• In the sentence "After the storm, the trees were knocked down. They were old and weak," "trees" is the antecedent of "they."

  「嵐の後、木々が倒れました。それらは古くて弱かった」という文で、「trees」は「they」の先行詞です。