forerunners
英 [ˈfɔːˌrʌnəz]
美 [ˈfɔˌrʌnərz]
n. 先驱; 先行者; 预兆; 前兆
forerunner的复数
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 先驱;先行者;预兆
If you describe a person or thing as theforerunnerofsomeone or something similar, you mean they existed before them and either influenced their development or were a sign of what was going to happen.- ...a machine which, in some respects, was the forerunner of the modern helicopter...
在某些方面成为现代直升机前身的机器 - Some respiratory symptoms can be the forerunners of asthma.
一些呼吸道症状可能是哮喘病的先兆。
- ...a machine which, in some respects, was the forerunner of the modern helicopter...
双语例句
- Therefore no one will disappear, except perhaps for a few forerunners who are necessary to clear the path for the rest to follow.
因此没有人会消失，除非有可能一些必要的先驱者需要清除路径好让他人跟随。 - These academies were the forerunners of the more famous ones founded later in england, france, Italy and germany.
这些学院是以后英、法、意大利和德国的一些最有名的科学院的前身。 - Lively said of her hair's popularity, though she had an inkling: fashion forerunners like Vogue staffers routinely approach her at events and fixate on her hair, she said.
但她说她也发现了端倪：像《时尚》里的流行先驱们都会有意无意接近她，注意她的头发。 - Dissatisfied with the inadequate data of Vitruvius and their own Italian forerunners, they disregarded tradition in favour of an experience supported by the accurate observation of nature.
他们对维特鲁威以及他们意大利的前辈所有的不充分的数据很不满意，于是无视那种喜欢对自然准确观察而产生经验的传统。 - He was one of the forerunners of Santa Claus.
他是圣诞老人先行者的当中一个。 - Belgium and Uruguay are two diminutive countries that have maximized their advantages through inclusiveness, and of which Brazil, Argentina, Spain and Germany the quartet of forerunners for this year's title will rightly be wary.
比利时和乌拉圭这两个袖珍之国因为包容性最大限度地增强了自己的实力，巴西、阿根廷、西班牙和德国这四个本届杯赛的夺冠大热门肯定会对他们特别小心。 - Both Mr Tsang and Mr Tang are tipped as forerunners in the race for the next chief executive.
曾荫权和唐英年都被视为下届特首的热门人选。 - These are to be the forerunners for your new galactic society.
对于你们这些新的银河成员，早就有了先行者。 - A mature system must have some less mature forerunners. That had been the hypothesis for many years. In the past decade the hypothesis has been proved.
一种成熟的文字必有其前驱。这是多年的假说。过去10年的考古研究已证实这一假说。 - It was the first tale of time travel, and it is considered one of the forerunners of the science fiction genre.
这是第一次时间旅行的故事，它被认为是先行者的科幻小说流派。