Antecedent
先行语
A term taken over from traditional grammar, and used for a linguistic unit from which another unit in the sentence derives its interpretation (anaphoric reference), typically a later unit.
有些语法学家借用传统语法的这个术语指句子中的一个语言单位,句中的另一个单位(通常是后出现的)据此而得出自己的解释(复指)。