第三人称复数：forerunners
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名词先驱; 先驱者; 先兆，预兆
名词
1. Penicillin was the forerunner of modern antibiotics.
青霉素是现代抗生素的先导。
2. Warm rains are the forerunners of spring.
暖雨是春天来临的前兆。
3. The alchemists were the forerunners of the scientists of today.
炼金术士是今日科学家的先驱。
1. 前锋,先驱：foremost 首要,第一的 | forerunner 前锋,先驱 | foresee 预知
2. 预兆：forepumping 前级抽气 | forerunner 预兆 | foreseeable 可预见的
1. forerunner
1. 先驱;先行者;预兆
If you describe a person or thing as the forerunner of someone or something similar, you mean they existed before them and either influenced their development or were a sign of what was going to happen.
e.g. ...a machine which, in some respects, was the forerunner of the modern helicopter...
在某些方面成为现代直升机前身的机器
e.g. Some respiratory symptoms can be the forerunners of asthma.
一些呼吸道症状可能是哮喘病的先兆。
1. It was built mostly by hand with the techniques used to make its forerunner, but sports modern engines and navigation equipment.
2. At Gucci on Wednesday evening, the contemporary chemise - much shorter than its forerunner - stole the show.
3. The group has stopped copying materials owned by ETS and GMAC and is willing to become a forerunner in IPR protections in China.
4. The group has stopped copying materials owned by ETS and GMAC and is willing to become a forerunner in IPR protection in China.
5. Xishan Grottoes and Xiangshan Temple will be the forerunner of the night tour.
6. forerunner
6. He had been tipped to be by far the forerunner ahead of the polls on Saturday.
7. When the whole industry is in its infancy, a forerunner's operation mode can easily be imitated and even surpassed.
8. The project made the construction sector the forerunner in China's opening up to the outside world.
9. It should continue to be a messenger for the maintenance of peace, and a forerunner for the promotion of development.
10. forerunner的解释
10. It is the forerunner for China's long distance exploration program, the Santa Maria of China's exploration of a " New Universe ".
noun
1. something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
Synonym: harbinger predecessor herald precursor
2. a person who goes before or announces the coming of another
Synonym: precursor
3. anything that precedes something similar in time
e.g. phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience
Synonym: antecedent