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forerun

/fawr-ruhn, fohr-/US // fɔrˈrʌn, foʊr- //UK // (fɔːˈrʌn) //

先行者,预先,先行,先行的

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    fore·ran, fore·run, fore·run·ning.

    • : to run in front of; come before; precede.
    • : to be the precursor or harbinger of; prefigure.
    • : to anticipate or foretell.
    • : to forestall.
    • : to outrun or outstrip.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inprecede

Examples

  • He called to his mind the various portents and prophecies which had forerun their present danger.

  • It cannot forerun the limitations of its day, nor anticipate the conquests and common possessions of the future.

  • Nor only him who asks, Thy bounty succours, but doth freely oft Forerun the asking.

  • But the reflexes have a machine-like fatality, and conscious aim does not forerun their execution.

  • The cape jasmine wore hundreds of her own white favors, whose fragrance forerun the sight.