forerunner

音标/读音 [英 [ˈfɔ:rʌnə(r)] 美 [ˈfɔrˌrʌnɚ, ˈfor-]]
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◎ 单词释义

n.先驱;祖先;预兆;[体育]赛前试滑滑道的人

第三人称复数:forerunners

/">成人英语雅思单词大全n.(名词)

    预兆

    祖先

    征候

    先驱

    先行者

    先驱者

    先兆

    通报者

    先导

    前驱

    开路人

    传令官

    前锋

    n.(名词)

      [C]先驱,开路人 person or thing that prepares the way for the coming of sb/sth else more important

      [C]先兆 sign of what is to follow

      noun

      1. something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone

      Synonym: harbingerpredecessorheraldprecursor

      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

      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. forerunner

      1. 前锋,先驱:foremost 首要,第一的 | forerunner 前锋,先驱 | foresee 预知

      2. forerunner的反义词

      2. 预兆:forepumping 前级抽气 | forerunner 预兆 | foreseeable 可预见的

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forerunner的用法及例句:

The exact nature of the first cell, the forerunner of all life today, is still a mystery.(现今所有生命的鼻祖,最初的那个细胞,它确切的本质依然个迷。)

The etymology of the word harbinger is tied up in that “forerunner” meaning.(harbinger这个词的来源和“先行者”是联系在一起的。)

Mighty MITI, as METI's forerunner, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, used to be known, will ride forth again.(日本通产省,经济产业省的前身,过去被称为国际贸易工业部,将重出江湖。)

The Garmin Forerunner 410 looks like a regular watch.(佳明先驱410看上去就像一个普通的手表。)

Then, take your Garmin Forerunner GPS watch and place it right next to the computer.(然后,打开你的佳明gps手表,把手边放到电脑的右边。)

I appreciate your efforts and cooperation and hope that this will be the forerunner of other transactions in future.(我感谢你方的努力和合作。并希望这笔交易将只是今后更多交易的开始。)

He was not a man of outstanding moral eminence, like his forerunner Sir Thomas More, but he was also not exceptionally wicked.(他虽不是像他的前辈托马斯·莫尔爵士那样一个德操出众的人,但是他也不特别奸恶。)

This activity could be thought of as a forerunner to data warehousing.(可将该活动看作是数据仓库的先驱活动。)

Corrective notion is the basis of correct theory, and advanced notion is the forerunner of advanced system.(正确的观念是正确理论的基础,先进的观念是先进制度的先导。)

The language and meter used by Aeschylus in his plays was the forerunner of blank verse, or unrhymed iambic pentameter.(埃斯库罗斯在剧中使用的语言和韵律则是素体文,或者说成无韵抑扬格五步诗的前身。)

用作名词(n.)

She is a forerunner of the modern women's movement.
她是现代妇女运动的先驱。Heavy clouds are the forerunners of a storm.
阴云密布是暴风雨的前兆。

The forerunners of ImpressionismsDelacroix, Courbet, Corot and, especially, Turner and Constable.