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

• 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。
• This paper reviews what predecessors have done on this issue.
  本文拟就前人在此问题上的研究做一个述评。
• 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。
• A revision can have multiple predecessors, too.
  一个修订也可以有多个前身。
• 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。
• All of these products had predecessors, but they managed to take their categories to a new level.
  所有这些产品都有前辈，但它们做到了将其所属类别提升至一个新高度。
• 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。
• Each of his predecessors has received it.
  他的每一位前任都获得了这种授权。
• 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。
• She hailed her predecessors, Konrad Adenauer and Helmut Kohl, for uniting Europe and Germany.
  她称赞她的前辈，康拉德阿登纳和赫尔穆特科尔，团结了欧洲和德国。