predecessors

英 [ˈpriːdɪsɛsəz]

美 [ˈprɛdəˌsɛsərz]

n.  前任; 原先的东西; 被替代的事物
predecessor的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 前任；前辈
  Yourpredecessoris the person who had your job before you.
  1. 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
  Thepredecessorof an object or machine is the object or machine that came before it in a sequence or process of development.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• A revision can have multiple predecessors, too.
  一个修订也可以有多个前身。
• I would like to recognize Dr Mahler in the audience as one of my predecessors.
  我要承认在坐的马勒博士即是我的前辈之一。
• This paper reviews what predecessors have done on this issue.
  本文拟就前人在此问题上的研究做一个述评。
• Each of his predecessors has received it.
  他的每一位前任都获得了这种授权。
• I also want to express my appreciation to WHO, to you its staff, and to my predecessors.
  我还要向世卫组织，向作为其职员的你们，以及向我的前任者表示感谢。
• IBM Rational Method Composer and its predecessors have always provided a standalone process, independent of tools.
  IBMRationalMethodComposer和它的前任一直提供单独的过程，不依赖工具。
• But there are still reasons for thinking that the new declinism may be more soundly based than its predecessors.
  但我们仍有理由认为，新的衰落主义可能建立在比之前版本更为健全的基础上。
• Obviously, he drew upon all sorts of sources and predecessors but psychoanalysis is identified as Freud's creation.
  显然，他利用了各种资源，还总结了前人的成果，但精神分析依然被认为，是由弗洛伊德提出的。
• It was from this tradition, familiar to all predecessors, that Leonardo chose to depart.
  而达文西却选择背弃这个前人熟知的传统画法。
• All of these products had predecessors, but they managed to take their categories to a new level.
  所有这些产品都有前辈，但它们做到了将其所属类别提升至一个新高度。