[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); NAmEˈpredəsesər/noun1a 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。2a 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
1someone who had your job before you started doing itOPP 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 developmentOPP successor: The new BMW has a more powerful engine than its predecessor.
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