predecessors

英 [ˈpriːdɪsɛsəz]

美 [ˈprɛdəˌsɛsərz]

n.  前任; 原先的东西; 被替代的事物
predecessor的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 前任；前辈
  Yourpredecessoris the person who had your job before you.
  1. 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
  Thepredecessorof an object or machine is the object or machine that came before it in a sequence or process of development.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• It would be unfair to suggest that he will be no more effective than his predecessors
  暗示他不会比前任们更有作为是不公平的。
• It's about a relationship to predecessors who are seen as too similar.
  也是因为和前辈的关系，他们看太像了。
• Each of his predecessors has received it.
  他的每一位前任都获得了这种授权。
• This leaves the Prime Minister, like his predecessors, earnestly trying to talk down wages.
  这就使得首相和他的前任们一样，急于削减工资。
• Her reticence was in sharp contrast to the glamour and star status of her predecessors
  她的寡言少语和前任们的光鲜亮丽、明星范儿十足形成了鲜明的对比。
• IBM Rational Method Composer and its predecessors have always provided a standalone process, independent of tools.
  IBMRationalMethodComposer和它的前任一直提供单独的过程，不依赖工具。
• But Stringer, and his predecessors, have been making that same promise for years.
  但是纵梁和他的前辈，做同样诺言多年来。
• The government inherited an impossible situation from its predecessors
  这届政府从前任那里接过了一个非常棘手的烂摊子。
• I also found the new bb10 browser much faster than its predecessors.
  此外，我发现新的bb10浏览器比之前的版本快很多。
• All of these products had predecessors, but they managed to take their categories to a new level.
  所有这些产品都有前辈，但它们做到了将其所属类别提升至一个新高度。