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predecessor

/pred-uh-ses-er, pred-uh-ses-er or, especially British, pree-duh-ses-er/US // ˈprɛd əˌsɛs ər, ˌprɛd əˈsɛs ər or, especially British, ˈpri dəˌsɛs ər //UK // (ˈpriːdɪˌsɛsə) //

前辈,前任,前身,前人

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who precedes another in an office, position, etc.
    • : something succeeded or replaced by something else: The new monument in the park is more beautiful than its predecessor.
    • : Archaic. an ancestor; forefather.

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Examples

  • The new model, however, has 60 percent more air capacity than its predecessor, which allows for greater adjustments between soft and firm.

  • He years ago pushed for an infrastructure tax hike that ultimately never happened and has supported tax hikes more than his predecessor.

  • She was hired behind closed doors, before the public even knew that her predecessor was leaving.

  • Two factions, the Greens and Blues—the predecessors of today’s soccer hooligans—broke into a fight.

  • Lewis and Libby dove deep into Marten’s tenure, including how she got the job — and how her predecessor may be set up to take a similarly unconventional path to lead the district.

  • Under the current president and his predecessor, Jett notes, the ambassadorship of Belize has gone to college roommates.

  • Austin Mahone, the teenage pop star with a more wholesome image than his predecessor Justin Bieber wants to tell you his story.

  • The 247 was the first airplane really to define the form of a modern airliner, flying faster and higher than any predecessor.

  • Scott says he last spoke to his predecessor a few days ago, although he never explicitly gave his blessing.

  • Now Obama needs his predecessor to help prevent a solid Republican Congress from hassling him all the way to January 20, 2017.

  • The clock struck ten, and clerks poured in faster than ever, each one in a greater perspiration than his predecessor.

  • For instance, the North Midland railway, part predecessor of the Midland, was involved in difficulty.

  • But the victory of Maubeuge nearly cost him his head, as that of Handschtten had done for his predecessor.

  • The lofty part of his predecessor Ximenes was out of the range, not more of his intellectual, than his moral capacity.

  • This is Cervantes's description of the national stage in the time of his immediate predecessor, Lope de Rueda.