They're keenly aware that whatever they decide will set a precedent.
他们深知无论他们的决定是什么，都将开创先例。
Would it not set a precedent? Would it not open the floodgates?
难道它不会成为先例吗？难道它不会引发更多类似的问题吗？
They were determined to break from precedent.
他们决心打破先例。
There is no lack of precedents in this connection.
不乏先例.
An east London school has set a precedent by fining pupils who break the rules.
伦敦东区的一所学校开创了对违反校规的学生处以罚金的先例。
If he is allowed to do this, it will be a precedent for others.
如果允许他这样做, 就会为别人开先例.
The college scored a first by being the 1 st to give degrees to women.
这个大学开创先例,率先给妇女授予学位.
However, reviewing courts have refrained from requiring agencies to follow precedent mechanically.
然而, 负责审查的法院抑制它们自己不去要求机关机械地遵守先例.
There are few precedents for this sort of retroactive legislation.
这种有追溯力的法规鲜有先例。
There is not only logic to this argument but precedent, too.
这不仅在逻辑上有过争议, 而且也有过先例.
When a precedent is overruled the effect is retrospective.
先例被宣告无效时,其结果溯及既往.
Both formations provide instructive early examples of integration.
两者的成立提供了一体化的有益的先例.
The outcomeof these wage talks is seen as a test case for future pay negotiations.
这一系列工资谈判的结果可视为今后薪酬谈判的先例.
It was, in a sense, a mere repetition of previous instances covering many years.
在某种意义上, 这仅是多年的先例之重映而已.
Imposing a lenient sentence for such a serious crime sets a dangerous precedent.
对这样严重的罪行轻判就开了个危险的先例.