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单词 predecessor
释义
predecessor
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpriː.dɪˌses.ər/us
/ˈpred.ə.ses.ɚ/
C2
someone who had ajobor apositionbefore someoneelse, or something that comes before another thing intimeor in aseries:
前任，前辈；原有事物，前身
My predecessorworkedin thisjobfor twelveyears.我的前任做这份工作做了12年。
ThelatestFerrari is not onlyfasterthanitspredecessors but also morecomfortable.最新款的法拉利赛车不仅比老款的更快，而且更舒适。
More examples
  • Each newleaderwouldblamehis predecessor for all theevilsof the past.
  • In herspeech, shepaidaglowingtributeto her predecessor.
  • Shespokescathinglyof thepoorstandardofworkdone by her predecessor.
  • You need tolearnfrom themistakesofyourpredecessors.
  • Thissystemis much moreefficientthanitspredecessor.
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Preceding and introducing
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  • forerunner
  • introduce
  • introduction
  • introductory
  • lead
  • lead up tosomething
  • lead-in
  • preface
  • preliminary
  • prelude
  • reintroduce
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(Definition ofpredecessorfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

predecessor| American Dictionary

predecessor
noun[C]
us
/ˈpred·əˌses·ər,ˈpri·də-/
apersonwho had ajoborpositionbefore someoneelse, or a thing that comes before another intimeor in aseries:
My predecessorworkedin thisjobfor twelveyears.
Thelatestmodelisfasterandsleekerthanitspredecessors.
(Definition ofpredecessorfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

predecessor| Business English

predecessor
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpriːdɪˌsesər/us
/ˈpredəsesər/
thepersonwho had aparticularjoborpositionbefore someoneelse:
His predecessor hadlefthim with manyproblemstoaddressin thedepartment.
amachine,system,law, etc. that has beenreplacedby a new one:
The newmodelretainsall theadvantagesofitspredecessor butoffersfivetimesthespeed.
(Definition ofpredecessorfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpredecessor

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We now point out some useful properties of thepredecessorrelation, which follow directly from the definition.
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One generation later, young businessmen with a higher level of education than their predecessors have decided to enter the political arena themselves.
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But a series of actions, each insignificantly different from itspredecessor, can take us from one to the other.
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We will also introduce a procedure to merge vertices with the same predecessors of a -graph system.
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These presidents dismantled the elements of the rule of law that had been constructed during the divided government of their predecessors.
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The continuing organisations retained many features of their predecessors.
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It is not necessary that it is apredecessorof the leaf.
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Children who have been brought up in an age of television are not as ready to sit in rows conjugating irregular verbs as their predecessors.
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Although exhibiting a strongly contrasting, lyrical expressive character, this section is linked with itspredecessorin the use of similar developmental procedures and formal characteristics.
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According to the extractive foraging model, each new adaptive radiation of hominids has maintained and elaborated on the extractive technologies of its predecessors.
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This innovation has yielded models that outperform their predecessors in terms of matching several business cycle features.
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They knew that they were, if not more intellectually honest, then certainly more intellectually shrewd than their predecessors.
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This caricature was buttressed by the reflections of many major early modern philosophers on the merits of their predecessors.
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Yet an absence of piety was certainly not unknown among their old-regime predecessors.
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Each new instalment in the series (through volume 7) has equalled or improved upon the sales figures of itspredecessor.
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