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

• 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。
• I would like to recognize Dr Mahler in the audience as one of my predecessors.
  我要承认在坐的马勒博士即是我的前辈之一。
• But Stringer, and his predecessors, have been making that same promise for years.
  但是纵梁和他的前辈，做同样诺言多年来。
• A revision can have multiple predecessors, too.
  一个修订也可以有多个前身。
• His predecessors had been supine.
  他的前任们采取了听之任之的态度。
• 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。
• 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。
• I also found the new bb10 browser much faster than its predecessors.
  此外，我发现新的bb10浏览器比之前的版本快很多。
• It's about a relationship to predecessors who are seen as too similar.
  也是因为和前辈的关系，他们看太像了。
• 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。