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.
  1. ...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
  2. 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。

双语例句

• The revolutionary forerunners are immortal; their brilliant revolutionary deeds and noble qualities will forever be engraved on our memory.
  革命先烈永垂不朽，他们光辉的革命业绩和崇高的品质将永远铭刻在我们的记忆中。
• Warm rains are the forerunners of spring.
  暖雨是春天来临的前兆。
• Tree shrews are believed to be forerunners of monkeys.
  树据信为猴子的祖先。
• 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。
• It is a correct way to absorb all the things done by your forerunners before you go forward.
  正确的道路是这样：吸取你的前辈所做的一切，然后再往前走。
• 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。
• 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。
• Grey hair has appeared in your sideburns, but you still look young in my eyes because you always keep abreast in the sea of wisdom with the forerunners of the day.
  岁月的白发虽然爬上了您的两鬓，在我看来您却永远年轻，因为，在智慧的大海里，您始终与时代的先行者并驾齐驱。
• He followed in the steps of forerunners and marched onward.
  他跟随着先辈的足迹前进。
• Abraham, he declared, and Jesus Christ were his forerunners.
  他宣布，亚伯拉罕和耶稣基督是他的先驱。