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.
  1. ...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
  2. 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。

双语例句

• Warm rains are the forerunners of spring.
  暖雨是春天来临的前兆。
• 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。
• 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。
• He followed in the steps of forerunners and marched onward.
  他跟随着先辈的足迹前进。
• 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；
• Therefore no one will disappear, except perhaps for a few forerunners who are necessary to clear the path for the rest to follow.
  因此没有人会消失，除非有可能一些必要的先驱者需要清除路径好让他人跟随。
• 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。
• These primitive predators, though dinosaur-like in appearance, are actually considered the forerunners of mammals.
  这些原始的大鳄，虽然恐龙一样，在外观上，其实是考虑到先行者的哺乳动物。
• 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。
• 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。