[pri'kə:sə]
precursor
n. 先驱者,前导,先进者

例句与用法:

  1. The precursor of the modern car was a horseless carriage with a petrol engine.
    现代汽车的前身是不用马拉的,装有汽油发动机的车子。
  2. Opposition by colonists to unfair taxation by the British was a precursor of the Revolution.
    殖民地居民对英国不公正税收的反抗预示着革命的到来
  3. British poet considered a precursor of romanticism. His best-known work, The Task(1785), praises rural life and leisure.
    科伯,威廉1731-1800英国诗人,被认为是浪漫主义的先锋。他的最杰出的作品任务赞美了农村生活和休闲

英英解释:

名词 precursor:

  1. a substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction)
  2. a person who goes before or announces the coming of another
  3. 同义词:forerunner
  4. an indication of the approach of something or someone
  5. 同义词:harbinger, forerunner, herald