predecessor

美音：['predə.sesər] 英音：['priːdɪ.sesə(r)]

简单释义：

n.前任；原先的东西；被替代的事物

网络前辈；原有事物；前身

变形：

复数：predecessors

完整释义：

1.前任;前身
2.前任;前辈;〔古语〕祖先
3.(被取代的)原先的东西
4.原有事物
5.前辈,先辈
6.先行
7.先例;前一个问题
8.〔经〕前导
9.前期物质
10.【农业】前作;【数学】前趋

例句：

The scion of a prominent Sunni Arab family, he took the job two years ago after his predecessor, his cousin, was assassinated.
作为一个逊尼派阿拉伯名门望族的子孙，两年前在其前任–他堂兄–被刺杀之后，他干上了这份差事。
The sense of urgency is heightened by the fact that the ideal private banker of today is strikingly different from his predecessor.
当今理想的私人银行家与以前明显不同，这种情况增强了这种紧迫感。
In January, he said only that the U. S. president had received a "heavy inheritance" from his predecessor.
一月份，拉登只是说，美国总统从他的前任那里接受了一份“沉重的遗产”。
China's leaders subsequently did not change course: Each new party leader honored the policies of his predecessor.
中国领导人后来并没有改变道路方向：每一个新的领导人都很尊重他前任领导人的政策。
Then again, General Sonthi Boonyaratglin, his predecessor, repeatedly made the same promise right up to the moment he overthrew Mr Thaksin.
上一次，SonthiBoonyaratglin将军，他的前任，反复作出同样的承诺，直到他推翻他信先生的那一刻。
Indeed Mr. Zardari, who inherited the PPP from his wife and vast , powers from his predecessor, Pervez Musharraf, had a painful 2009.
的确，在接手他妻子的人民党，并从他的前任，穆沙拉夫手中接过巨大的权利后，扎尔达里的2009年并不好过。
Mr Gates soothed relations with the top brass, the State Department and Congress that had been frayed by his predecessor's truculence.
盖茨缓和了上层官员间的矛盾，国防部与国会之间被前任国防部长的粗野行为破坏的关系得以修复。
To see what I mean, compare what Mr. Obama has said and done about health care with the statements and actions of his predecessor.
要理解我说的意思，不妨将奥巴马在医疗问题上的言论和行动与其前任做一比较。

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