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Predecessor Job ˈpredəsesər Noun N Count 可数名词 Person   [Usu

A predecessor is someone or something that held a position or existed before the current one.

前任;前辈;(物件、机器的)前身

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/pri͟ːdɪsesə(r), AM pre̱d-/
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]前任;前辈 Your predecessor is the person who had your job before you.
  [usu poss N]
  • 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。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词](物件、机器的)前身 The predecessor of an object or machine is the object or machine that came before it in a sequence or process of development.
  [usu with poss]
  • 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。


Oxford pre·de·ces·sor / ˈpriːdɪsesə(r) ; NAmE ˈpredəsesər / noun 1 a person who did a job before sb else 前任 The new president reversed many of the policies of his predecessor. 新任总统彻底改变了其前任的许多政策。 2 a thing, such as a machine, that has been followed or replaced by sth else 原先的东西;被替代的事物 compare
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pre·de·ces·sor / ˈpriːdɪsesə(r) ; NAmE ˈpredəsesər /
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predecessorpre‧de‧ces‧sor /ˈpriːdəsesə $ ˈpredəsesər/ ●○○ noun [countable]
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1someone who had your job before you started doing it OPP  successor:  Kennedy’s predecessor as president was the war hero Dwight Eisenhower.2a machine, system etc that existed before another one in a process of development OPP  successor:  The new BMW has a more powerful engine than its predecessor.
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