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
- 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； - These academies were the forerunners of the more famous ones founded later in england, france, Italy and germany.
这些学院是以后英、法、意大利和德国的一些最有名的科学院的前身。 - Once the Finns settled, they may have erected underground sweat houses, forerunners of the savusauna.
芬兰人定居以后，可能就建了地下发汗室，也就是传统的烟熏桑拿的前身。 - Joyce also, before feminist forerunners, displays that gender is a matter of personal choice and social construction.
早在女权主义先驱者之前，乔伊斯就指出性别是个人选择和社会形成的综合产物。 - The alchemists were the forerunners of the scientists of today.
炼金术士是今日科学家的先驱。 - Both Mr Tsang and Mr Tang are tipped as forerunners in the race for the next chief executive.
曾荫权和唐英年都被视为下届特首的热门人选。 - They were the forerunners of the medieval serfs.
他们是中世纪农奴的前辈。 - Grey hair has appeared in your sideburns, but you still look young in my eyes because you always keep abreast in the sea of wisdom with the forerunners of the day.
岁月的白发虽然爬上了您的两鬓，在我看来您却永远年轻，因为，在智慧的大海里，您始终与时代的先行者并驾齐驱。 - 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。 - Dissatisfied with the inadequate data of Vitruvius and their own Italian forerunners, they disregarded tradition in favour of an experience supported by the accurate observation of nature.
他们对维特鲁威以及他们意大利的前辈所有的不充分的数据很不满意，于是无视那种喜欢对自然准确观察而产生经验的传统。