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predecessor 音标拼音: [pr'ɛdəs ,ɛsɚ] n. 前任,先辈,以前的东西 前任,先辈,以前的东西 predecessor前导子 predecessor n 1: one who precedes you in time ( as in holding a position or office) 2: something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone [ synonym: { harbinger}, { forerunner}, { predecessor}, { herald}, { precursor}] Predecessor \ Pred` e* ces" sor\ (?; 277), n. [ L. praedecessor; prae before decessor one who withdraws from the province he has governed, a retiring officer ( with reference to his successor), a predecessor, fr. decedere: cf. F. pr[' e] d[' e] cesseur. See { Decease}.] One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position. [ 1913 Webster] A prince who was as watchful as his predecessor had been over the interests of the state. -- Prescott. [ 1913 Webster] 49 Moby Thesaurus words for " predecessor": ancestor, ancestors, announcer, antecedent, antecedents, ascendants, avant- garde, bellwether, buccinator, bushwhacker, elders, explorer, fathers, forebear, forebears, forefather, forefathers, foregoer, forerunner, front runner, frontiersman, fugleman, grandfathers, grandparents, groundbreaker, guide, harbinger, herald, innovator, lead runner, leader, messenger, pathfinder, patriarchs, pioneer, point, precedent, precursor, predecessor, predecessors, progenitors, prototype, scout, stormy petrel, trailblazer, trailbreaker, vanguard, vaunt- courier, voortrekker |
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