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

• 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。
• You'd like kafka, one of my predecessors.
  那你会喜欢我的前辈卡夫卡。
• Each of his predecessors has received it.
  他的每一位前任都获得了这种授权。
• I also want to express my appreciation to WHO, to you its staff, and to my predecessors.
  我还要向世卫组织，向作为其职员的你们，以及向我的前任者表示感谢。
• 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。
• 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。
• His predecessors had been supine.
  他的前任们采取了听之任之的态度。
• Most of my predecessors have taken office in July.
  我的大多数前任者在7月就职。
• I have survived your predecessors, and I will survive you.
  你的前身都杀不了我，你也一样！
• This leaves the Prime Minister, like his predecessors, earnestly trying to talk down wages.
  这就使得首相和他的前任们一样，急于削减工资。