precursor

[pri:'kə:sə]

n.【C】先驱者, 前辈,前兆

例句与用法:

The precursor of the modern car was a horseless carriage with a petrol engine.

现代汽车的前身是不用马拉的,装有汽油发动机的车子。

Opposition by colonists to unfair taxation by the British was a precursor of the Revolution.

殖民地居民对英国不公正税收的反抗预示着革命的到来

British poet considered a precursor of romanticism. His best-known work, The Task(1785), praises rural life and leisure.

科伯,威廉1731-1800英国诗人,被认为是浪漫主义的先锋。他的最杰出的作品任务赞美了农村生活和休闲

详细释义:

n.

前导; 先驱; 前辈; 前兆