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

• 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。
• 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。
• My predecessors set the course to modernize managerial and administrative procedures.
  我的各位前任制定了管理和行政程序现代化的方向。
• 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。
• 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。
• You, whose predecessors scored initial success in astronomical research, have acquired a greater accomplishment in this respect.
  你，天文研究得分初步成功的前任者，在这方面已经取得更大的成就。
• Most of my predecessors have taken office in July.
  我的大多数前任者在7月就职。
• The government inherited an impossible situation from its predecessors
  这届政府从前任那里接过了一个非常棘手的烂摊子。
• In this respect, he was continuing in the tradition of his predecessors.
  他在这方面继承了几位前任的传统。
• It would be unfair to suggest that he will be no more effective than his predecessors
  暗示他不会比前任们更有作为是不公平的。