forerunner
n. 先驱；祖先；预兆；[体育]赛前试滑滑道的人
近义词：antecedent，predecessor，ancestor，harbinger，precursor，leader，pioneer，parent，announcer，herald，portent，indication，omen，sign，foreshadowing，augury，forebear，forefather，grandparent，
详细释义
n.(名词)
- 预兆
- 祖先
- 征候
- 先驱
- 先行者
- 先驱者
- 先兆
- 通报者
- 先导
- 前驱
- 开路人
- 传令官
- 前锋
双解释义
n.(名词)
- [C]先驱,开路人 person or thing that prepares the way for the coming of sb/sth else more important
- [C]先兆 sign of what is to follow
英英释义
Noun
- a person who goes before or announces the coming of another
- something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
- anything that precedes something similar in time;
"phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience"
例句
用作名词(n.)
- He was the forerunner of the resistance.他是这个反抗运动的先驱者。
- She is a forerunner of the modern women's movement.她是现代妇女运动的先驱。
- Mr. Sun Yat sen is the forerunner of the Chinese revolution.孙中山先生是中国革命的先驱。
- Penicillin was the forerunner of modern antibiotics.青霉素是现代抗生素的先导。
- Anglo-Saxon is the forerunner of modern English.盎格鲁撒克逊语是现代英语的祖先。
- Moral corruption is the forerunner of the nation's decline.道德败坏是这个民族衰落的先兆。