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Predecessor N Count Object Machine 英[ˈpri:Dɪsesə(R 美[ˈpredəsesə(R N.前任,前辈;原有事物,前身;<古>祖先 前任;前辈

单词 predecessor
音标
英[ˈpri:dɪsesə(r)] 美[ˈpredəsesə(r)]
解释
n.前任,前辈;原有事物,前身;<古>祖先;
例句

N-COUNT
前任;前辈
Your predecessor is the person who had your job before you.
例: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。

N-COUNT
(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.
例: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。
变形
pl:predecessors~

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