predecessor
英 ['priːdɪsesə]
美['prɛdəsɛsɚ]
- n. 前任，前辈
词态变化
复数: predecessors;
中文词源
predecessor 前任
pre-,在前，早于，de-,从，离开，-cess,走，词源同access.即先行者，前任。
英英释意
- 1. one who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office)
英文词源
- predecessor
- predecessor: [14] Etymologically, predecessor is first cousin to decease, but it has never taken on decease’s connotations of ‘dying’. Both go back to Latin dēcēdere ‘go away’ (a compound verb based on cēdere ‘go away’, source of English cede, concede, precede, etc), whose derived noun dēcessus ‘departure’ came to be used euphemistically for ‘death’ – whence English decease [14].
Combination with the prefix prae- ‘before’ with the derived dēcessor ‘leaver’ produced praedēcessor ‘one who leaves before’. Traces of this original meaning linger in English predecessor (acquired via Old French predecesseur) in the notion of ‘one who left office before the present incumbent took over’.
=> cede, concede, decease, precede, proceed, succeed - predecessor (n.)
- late 14c., "one who has held an office or position before the present holder," from Old French predecesseor "forebear" and directly from Late Latin praedecessorem (nominative praedecessor), from Latin prae "before" (see pre-) + decessor "retiring official," from decess-, past participle stem of decedere "go away," also "die" (see decease (n.)). Meaning "ancestor, forefather" is recorded from c. 1400.
考试真题
- As the hacking trial concludes – finding guilty ones-editor of the News of the World, Andy Coulson, for conspiring to hack phones ,and finding his predecessor, Rebekah Brooks, innocent of the same charge –the winder issue of dearth of integrity still standstill, Journalists are known to have hacked the phones of up to 5,500 people.
出自-2015年考研阅读原文
- As the hacking trial concludes – finding guilty one ex-editor of the News of the World, Andy Coulson, for conspiring to hack phones, and finding his predecessor, Rebekah Brooks, innocent of the same charge – the wider issue of dearth of integrity still st
2015年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
实用场景例句
- The new president reversed many of the policies of his predecessor.
- 新任总统彻底改变了其前任的许多政策。
牛津词典
- He maintained that he learned everything he knew from his predecessor Kenneth Sisam.
- 他坚称他所知道的一切都获自前任肯尼思·赛瑟姆。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The car is some 40mm shorter than its predecessor.
- 这辆轿车比原先的车型短了约40毫米。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Her predecessor, Ricardo Lagos, was known on occasion to take the subway to work.
- 而她的前任拉戈斯据说有时甚至会乘坐地铁上班.
期刊摘选
- August 1959, the predecessor of Taihang Jindongnan College school affiliated school was founded.
- 1959年8月, 太行中学的前身晋东南师专附中创立建校.
期刊摘选
- The doughboy was a predecessor of the doughnut.
- 油炸面团是甜甜圈的前身.
期刊摘选
- Wepoch technology, her predecessor was Shenzhen Anding Industrial Corporation which founded in 1993.
- 领派科技, 由成立于1993年的深圳市安鼎实业有限公司改制成立.
期刊摘选
- Suzhou Phaeton Business Trade Company Limiteds predecessor was Suzhou Han Wang Gift company Limited.
- 苏州辉腾商贸有限公司前身是苏州汉王礼品有限公司.
期刊摘选
- This enterprise is the predecessor of radio equipment factory in Kunshan from restructuring.
- 本企业前身是昆山无线电设备厂改制而来.
期刊摘选
- He has undone the good work of his predecessor.
- 他已毁弃了他前任者的良好成就.
辞典例句
- The new communications revolution will, like its predecessor, change the way we think.
- 与上一次革命一样, 新的通信革命将改变我们思考的方式.
期刊摘选
- At that time , Standard Oil , the predecessor of ExxonMobil, began marketing kerosene in China.
- 当时, 埃克森美孚的前身标准石油公司将煤油通过帆船运到中国.开始了在中国的销售业务.
期刊摘选
- This government seems to me no better than any of its predecessor.
- 我觉得这届政府并不比从前的任何一届好.
期刊摘选
- What predecessor stays is an an awful mess, complete station does not have equally worthy thing.
- 前任留下的是一个烂摊子, 全站没有一样值钱的东西.
期刊摘选
- Technically, an important predecessor is surrealism, with its emphasis on spontaneous, automatic or subconscious creation.
- 技术上来说, 抽象表现主义的前身可以说是超现实主义, 超现实主义强调自发, 自动以及潜意识创造.
期刊摘选
- Having your predecessor around can be a bit of an embarrassment for anyone.
- 如果你的前任在你的身边,这总会让人有一点点尴尬.
期刊摘选
- If Brown follows his predecessor to Tuscany or Barbados, he must dress with caution.
- 如果布朗追随他的前任也去托斯卡纳或巴巴多斯, 他一定要小心衣着.
期刊摘选
- The new building is much more spacious than its predecessor.
- 这一新建筑比原先的更宽敞.
期刊摘选
- The new governor dismissed the staff that served his predecessor.
- 新州长将前任州长的职员全部解雇.
《简明英汉词典》
- The new president spent the first year undoing the work of his predecessor.
- 新总统用了第一年的时间来收拾前任总统留下的摊子.
《简明英汉词典》
- It will share the fate of its predecessor.
- 它将遭受与前者同样的命运.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The new ambassador is more mature than his predecessor.
- 新大使比他的前任更成熟一些.
《简明英汉词典》
- The new president reversed many of the policies of his predecessor.
- 新任总统彻底改变了其前任的许多政策。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- His style could scarcely be further removed from that of his predecessor.
- 他的风格几乎和他的前辈如出一辙。
柯林斯例句
- He's backing away from the policies and style of his predecessor.
- 他正脱离其前任的政策和风格。
柯林斯例句
- The car is some 40mm shorter than its predecessor.
- 这辆轿车比原先的车型短了约40毫米。
柯林斯例句
- His predecessor was accorded an equally tumultuous welcome.
- 他的前任受到了同样热烈的欢迎。
柯林斯例句
- The ousting of his predecessor was one of the most dramatic coups the business world had seen in years.
- 将他的前任扳倒是商界多年以来最富戏剧性的一场胜利。
柯林斯例句