predecessor
predecessor
英[ˈpriːdəsesə(r)]美[ˈpredəsesər]
n.前任，前辈，原有事物，前身，<古>祖先；
复数：predecessors;
例句
The new president spent the first year undoing the work of his predecessor.新总统用了第一年的时间来收拾前任总统留下的摊子。
The new ambassador is more mature than his predecessor.新大使比他的前任更成熟一些。
The new governor dismissed the staff that served his predecessor.新州长将前任州长的职员全部解雇。
And like its predecessor , the London Eye and visitors and awed.伦敦眼与那座老式的观光轮一样,让国内外游客大饱眼福, 肃然起敬.
The ousting of his predecessor was one of the most dramatic coups the business world had seen in years.将他的前任扳倒是商界多年以来*富戏剧性的一场胜利。
His predecessor was accorded an equally tumultuous welcome.他的前任受到了同样热烈的欢迎。
He has never exhibited the self-confidence, bordering on arrogance, of his predecessor...他从未表现出他前任的那种近乎傲慢的自信。
His style could scarcely be further removed from that of his predecessor.他的风格几乎和他的前辈如出一辙。
The doughboy was a predecessor of the doughnut.油炸面团是甜甜圈的前身.
He has never exhibited the self-confidence, bordering on arrogance, of his predecessor.他从未表现出他前任的那种近乎傲慢的自信。
同义词
n.
predecessor的同义词之：领导;祖先
forerunnerleaderpredecessor的同义词之：其他释义
antecedentleaderancestorforefatherparentforerunner反义词
n.
predecessor的反义词之：前任;前辈;原有事物
successorpredecessor的反义词之：其他释义
successor柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
N-COUNT
前任；前辈
Your predecessor is the person who had your job before you.
例句
He maintained that he learned everything he knew from his predecessor Kenneth Sisam.他坚称他所知道的一切都获自前任肯尼思·赛瑟姆。N-COUNT
（物件、机器的）前身
The predecessor of an object or machine is the object or machine that came before it in a sequence or process of development.
例句
The car is some 40mm shorter than its predecessor.这辆轿车比原先的车型短了约40毫米。英汉词典释义
n.
前任, 前辈
As a scholar he is not in the same street with his predecessors.作为学者, 他远不如其前辈。(被取代的)原有事物, 前身
Will new plan be any more acceptable than its predecessors?新计划比原先的计划更能令人满意吗?英英词典释义
Noun
1. one who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office)
行业词典
数学： 前导；
法律： 前任；
电子学： 前导；
