音标：[.predi'sesә] ；柯林斯词典等级：2 级；

n. 前任, 先辈, 前身
[医] 初牙, 前辈, 祖先

n. one who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office)

词型变化：名词复数形式 : predecessors
考试类型：[六级/考研/托福/IELTS/GRE]

词性分布：

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predecessor的用法和样例：

例句

用作名词(n.)

The Yunxian Man fossil skull is believed by scientists to belong to homo erectus, a predecessor of homo sapiens that walked on their two legs with an upright body posture.科学家们认为袁县人属于直立人，是靠两条腿直立行走的智力人的祖先。
Recently unearthed fossils trace whales to a doglike predecessor of hoofed plant-eaters, and genetic analysis has identified hippos as whales' closest living relatives.最近出土的化石使鲸的祖先可追溯到一种有蹄外形像狗的植食动物，而且基因分析证实了现存动物中河马是鲸的近亲。
He undid most of the good work of his predecessor.他把前任的大部分业绩毁掉了。
Our new doctor is much younger than his predecessor.我们新来的医生比他的前任年轻许多。
My prest car is much better than its predecessor .我现在的汽车比原来的那辆好得多。
The subsequent model is a reflection of its predecessor in design.后来的模型酷似先前的设计。

常见句型

用作名词(n.)

As a scholar he is not in the same street with his predecessors.作为学者，他远不如其前辈。
Will new plan be any more acceptable than its predecessors?新计划比原先的计划更能令人满意吗？

词汇搭配

immediate predecessor直前仟,直接先趋块,...
predecessor function前趋函数
region predecessor block区域前趋块
predecessor auditor前任审计员
predecessor block先行块,前驱块...
predecessor list[计] 前趋表
predecessor set前趋集合
predecessor organization前身组织
allowed predecessor容许前置符
logical predecessor逻辑前趋
predecessor matrix前趋矩阵

经典引文

Eadmer's immediate predecessor in the see of St. Andrews was Turgot.
出自：G. L. Craik
Nicholas II..travelled more than any of his predecessors.
出自：A. N. Wilson

【近义词】

forerunner先驱
ancestor祖宗
antecedent前情
leader领袖
precursor先驱
prototype原型
forefather祖先
parent父母
harbinger先驱
herald使者

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