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Predecessor Position Predəsesər N.某职位的前任 Quit Interested Kind Job

Front predecessor
Pron ['predəsesər]
Back 【predecessor】
n.某职位的前任
His predecessor quit because he was not in the least interested in this kind of job.
他的前任因对这种工作一点也没兴趣;所以离职了。
Vocab
predecessorone who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office)

A predecessor is something that came before the current version. The person you replaced at work is your predecessor, just like Pac Man is the predecessor of modern video games.

If you break the word predecessor down to its Latin roots, you get pre, meaning "beforehand," and decessor, which means "retiring officer." So that's how we get to our definition of "someone who has held an office or position before the present holder." But predecessors aren't just found in the business world: these days predecessors include our ancestors, earlier car models, and all kinds of other forerunners.

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