【突破英文词汇】ante--before post--after
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（单词翻译）
1. antecedents /æn'tɪsi:dnts/
David's antecedents came to this country more than a hundred years ago.
戴维的祖先100多年前来到这个国家。
2. anteroom /ˈæntirum/
-- room placed before and forming an entrance to another; antechamber; waiting room
If the physician is busy when patients arrive, the nurse asks them to wait in the anteroom.
如果病人来的时候医生很忙，护士就请他们去接待室等候。
3. postmortem /pəʊstˈmɔ:təm/
-- thorough examination of a body after death;
autopsy2The purpose of a postmortem is to discover the cause of death.
验尸的目的在于发现死因。
-- note added to a letter after it has been written
After signing the letter, I noticed I had omitted an important fact. Therefore, I mentioned it in a postscript.
在信上签名后，我发现漏掉了一件要紧的事，于是就在附言中写了一下。
-- 1. assign a date before the true date
2. come before in date; precede
If you used yesterday's date on a check written today, you have
antedated5 the check.
如果你在今天的支票上填写昨天的日期，你就提早了支票的日期。
Alaska
antedates6 Hawaii as a state, having gained statehood on January 3, 1959, seven months before Hawaii.
阿拉斯加在1959年1月3日成为美国的一洲，比夏威夷早了七个月。
6. postdate /ˈpəustˈdeit/
-- assign a date after the true date
This is a postdated check; it has tomorrow's date on it.
这张支票的日期填迟了，上面的日期是明天的。
7. ante meridiem /ˈæntimeˈridiem/
-- before noon
Our class usually begin at 8 a. m.
我们通常在上午8点开始上课。
8. post meridiem /ˈpəustmeˈridiem/
-- afternoon
At 4 p. m. the chairman announced the debate to be closed.
下午4点时主席宣布辩论结束。
-- having to do with study after graduation from high school or college
After college, Mary hopes to do postgraduate work in law school.
大学毕业后，玛丽想去法学院搞研究。
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