forerunners
英 [ˈfɔːˌrʌnəz]
美 [ˈfɔˌrʌnərz]
n. 先驱; 先行者; 预兆; 前兆
forerunner的复数
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 先驱;先行者;预兆
If you describe a person or thing as theforerunnerofsomeone or something similar, you mean they existed before them and either influenced their development or were a sign of what was going to happen.- ...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 - 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。
- ...a machine which, in some respects, was the forerunner of the modern helicopter...
双语例句
- A mature system must have some less mature forerunners. That had been the hypothesis for many years. In the past decade the hypothesis has been proved.
一种成熟的文字必有其前驱。这是多年的假说。过去10年的考古研究已证实这一假说。 - They were the forerunners of the medieval serfs.
他们是中世纪农奴的前辈。 - It is a correct way to absorb all the things done by your forerunners before you go forward.
正确的道路是这样：吸取你的前辈所做的一切，然后再往前走。 - Based on the forerunners research, the author of this paper deems that Xiwangmu had the three categories: that is, the person who was present in history;
本文在前人研究的基础上，论证西王母有三类：一是历史上确曾存在过的人； - Abraham, he declared, and Jesus Christ were his forerunners.
他宣布，亚伯拉罕和耶稣基督是他的先驱。 - Lively said of her hair's popularity, though she had an inkling: fashion forerunners like Vogue staffers routinely approach her at events and fixate on her hair, she said.
但她说她也发现了端倪：像《时尚》里的流行先驱们都会有意无意接近她，注意她的头发。 - Guided by the "great liberation of poetic style", the forerunners of free verse are resolved to draw a clear line with classical Chinese in order to make free verse as orthodox.
在“诗体的大解放”旗帜引领下，白话诗的先驱们立志与古典诗歌“划清界限”，以使白话文取得正统地位。 - The revolutionary forerunners are immortal; their brilliant revolutionary deeds and noble qualities will forever be engraved on our memory.
革命先烈永垂不朽，他们光辉的革命业绩和崇高的品质将永远铭刻在我们的记忆中。 - Little did they know that they were the forerunners for modern agriculture?
他们并不知道自己是现代农业的先驱。 - These forerunners of tabloid newspapers carried colorful reports of bloody crimes, robbery and public executions. They were extremely popular.
作为通俗小报的先驱者，他们报道血腥犯罪、暴力抢劫和公共处决等各色新闻，极其受欢迎。