predecessor

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📖 中文释义

  1. n. 前任, 先辈, 前身
  2. [医] 初牙, 前辈, 祖先

🔗 释义中的汉语词

🧩 词形变化

复数 predecessors

💬 双语例句

  1. Floppy disks are the predecessor of hard disks.

    软盘是硬盘的前身。

  2. America’s Sunni allies are drawn to Trump, partly because he has little interest in the kinds of democratic reforms that his predecessor Barack Obama used to push.

  3. Francis’ predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, began to turn the Church’s attention toward the need for environmental sustainability. Francis has taken this process much further.

    这样的质疑可以休矣。 方济各的前任本笃十六世开始将天主教会的注意力转向了环境可持续性的需要。 方济各则把这一过程大大地向前推进了一步。

🔗 常用搭配

immediate predecessorpredecessor popelike his predecessoragrarian age predecessorpredecessor adopted protectionistpredecessor carrying resourcespredecessor constantine chernyenkopredecessor natalie jaresko
📘 English Definition(英文释义)
  1. n. one who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office)