predecessor

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n. 前任, 先辈, 前身 [医] 初牙, 前辈, 祖先

发音

UK /ˈpɹiːdɪsɛsə(ɹ)/
其它
CA /ˈpɹiːdɪsɛsɚ/
US /ˈpɹɛd.ə.sɛs.ɚ/
US /ˈpɹi.də.sɛs.ɚ/

词形变化

predecessors 复数 predecessors

别名

prædecessor prædecessour predecessour pred

教材释义与例句

名词

前任，前辈

释义与例句

n. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    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.

    前任

    前任者

  2. 2.

    A model or type of machinery or device which precedes the current (or later) one. Usually used to describe an earlier, outdated model.

    The steam engine was the predecessor of diesel and electric locomotives.

  3. 3.

    A vertex having a directed path to another vertex

    数学

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

herald harbinger precursor forerunner

上位词 4

indication precursor forerunner indicant

下位词 1

forefather

词源

From Middle English predecessour, from Old French predecesseor (“forebear”), from Late Latin praedēcessor, from Latin prae- (“pre-”) + Latin dēcessor (“retiring officer”), from Latin dēcēdō (“to retire, to die”) (English decease).

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