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

• Perhaps, but had Orwell consulted his predecessors, he would have encountered different sentiments.
  但是如果奥威尔真的咨询过他的前辈，他恐怕会听到一些不同的感想。
• 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。
• It's about a relationship to predecessors who are seen as too similar.
  也是因为和前辈的关系，他们看太像了。
• 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。
• She hailed her predecessors, Konrad Adenauer and Helmut Kohl, for uniting Europe and Germany.
  她称赞她的前辈，康拉德阿登纳和赫尔穆特科尔，团结了欧洲和德国。
• His predecessors had been supine.
  他的前任们采取了听之任之的态度。
• I also found the new bb10 browser much faster than its predecessors.
  此外，我发现新的bb10浏览器比之前的版本快很多。
• This leaves the Prime Minister, like his predecessors, earnestly trying to talk down wages.
  这就使得首相和他的前任们一样，急于削减工资。
• But Stringer, and his predecessors, have been making that same promise for years.
  但是纵梁和他的前辈，做同样诺言多年来。
• We have Republicans on the board; both of my predecessors were Republican.
  我们董事会中有共和党员，我的两位前任都是共和党员。