precursor

英 [priˈkɜːsə(r)]

美 [priˈkɜːrsər]

n.  先驱; 先锋; 前身

复数：precursors　

TOEFLGRE化学

Collins.1 / BNC.10361 / COCA.9664

牛津词典

noun

• 先驱；先锋；前身
  a person or thing that comes before sb/sth similar and that leads to or influences its development

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 先驱；先锋；前身
  Aprecursorof something is a similar thing that happened or existed before it, often something which led to the existence or development of that thing.
  1. Real tennis, an ancient precursor of the modern game, originated in the eleventh century...
     室内网球，现代网球运动的古老前身，起源于11世纪。
  2. He said that the deal should not be seen as a precursor to a merger.
     他说该笔交易不应该被看作是合并的前兆。

英英释义

noun

• something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
  Synonym:harbingerforerunnerpredecessorherald
• a person who goes before or announces the coming of another
  Synonym:forerunner
• a substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction)

双语例句

• Hobbes is a precursor of modern positivism and analytical jurisprudence.
  霍布斯是现代实证主义法学和分析法学的先驱。
• This is because the active drug ingredient is not dopamine itself but various precursor molecules.
  这是因为活性治疗药物成分不是多巴胺本身，而是一些前体药物。
• An amino acid that is essential for growth and normal metabolism; a precursor of niacin.
  生长和正常的新陈代谢所必需的氨基酸，烟酸的前体。
• Amphetamines is one kind of synthetic compounds whose precursor structure is amphetamine.
  苯丙胺类物质是一大类人工合成的以苯丙胺为母体的化合物。
• Is the precursor of DHA to promote brain development and enhance memory.
  的前体，促进脑力发育和增强记忆力。
• The effects of orthophosphoric acid concentration in precursor preparation on the catalyst behavior have been studied.
  考察了前驱体制备过程中磷酸含量对催化剂性能的影响。
• Real tennis, an ancient precursor of the modern game, originated in the eleventh century
  室内网球，现代网球运动的古老前身，起源于11世纪。
• IDOL can even mediate the degradation of the receptor precursor in the endoplasmic reticulum.
  甚至，IDOL能调解内质网中受体前体的降解。
• Small cell lung cancer is neuroendocrine neoplasm and origins from apud ( amine precursor uptake decarboxylation) cell.
  小细胞肺癌是神经内分泌肿瘤，起源于apud（胺前体摄取脱羧化）细胞。
• Objective To study the effect of gypenosides on proliferation of neural precursor cells in vitro.
  目的探讨不同浓度绞股蓝皂苷对体外培养的神经前体细胞增殖能力的影响。