The word to which a pronoun refers.

【文法】先行词。

The first of the two terms of a ratio.

【数】(比例中两项之)前项。

A preceding event or circumstance.

前事；前因。

The previous events or influences in a person's life.

身世；经历。

Ancestors.

[~s] 祖先。

Going before; preceding.

先行的；在前的。