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predecessor
英 [ˈpriːdɪsesə]
美 [ˈpred-]
[NOUN]
predecessors
1. [C 可数名词] 前任 , 前辈
Your predecessor is the person who had your job before you.
双语例句
例：He maintained that he learned everything he knew from his predecessor.
他坚称他所知道的一切都是从他的前任那儿学到的。
2. [C 可数名词] 前驱 , 前身
The predecessor of an object or machine is the object or machine that came before it in a sequence or process of development.
近义词
双语例句
例：Although the car is some 2 inches shorter than its predecessor, its boot is 20 per cent larger.
尽管这款汽车比其上一代产品短2英寸，但它的行李箱大了20。