forerunners

英 [ˈfɔːˌrʌnəz]

美 [ˈfɔˌrʌnərz]

n.  先驱; 先行者; 预兆; 前兆
forerunner的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 先驱;先行者;预兆
  If you describe a person or thing as theforerunnerofsomeone or something similar, you mean they existed before them and either influenced their development or were a sign of what was going to happen.
  1. ...a machine which, in some respects, was the forerunner of the modern helicopter...
     在某些方面成为现代直升机前身的机器
  2. Some respiratory symptoms can be the forerunners of asthma.
     一些呼吸道症状可能是哮喘病的先兆。

双语例句

• He was one of the forerunners of Santa Claus.
  他是圣诞老人先行者的当中一个。
• Joyce also, before feminist forerunners, displays that gender is a matter of personal choice and social construction.
  早在女权主义先驱者之前，乔伊斯就指出性别是个人选择和社会形成的综合产物。
• The revolutionary forerunners are immortal; their brilliant revolutionary deeds and noble qualities will forever be engraved on our memory.
  革命先烈永垂不朽，他们光辉的革命业绩和崇高的品质将永远铭刻在我们的记忆中。
• Guided by the "great liberation of poetic style", the forerunners of free verse are resolved to draw a clear line with classical Chinese in order to make free verse as orthodox.
  在“诗体的大解放”旗帜引领下，白话诗的先驱们立志与古典诗歌“划清界限”，以使白话文取得正统地位。
• It is a correct way to absorb all the things done by your forerunners before you go forward.
  正确的道路是这样：吸取你的前辈所做的一切，然后再往前走。
• Dissatisfied with the inadequate data of Vitruvius and their own Italian forerunners, they disregarded tradition in favour of an experience supported by the accurate observation of nature.
  他们对维特鲁威以及他们意大利的前辈所有的不充分的数据很不满意，于是无视那种喜欢对自然准确观察而产生经验的传统。
• Some respiratory symptoms can be the forerunners of asthma.
  一些呼吸道症状可能是哮喘病的先兆。
• Therefore no one will disappear, except perhaps for a few forerunners who are necessary to clear the path for the rest to follow.
  因此没有人会消失，除非有可能一些必要的先驱者需要清除路径好让他人跟随。
• The alchemists were the forerunners of the scientists of today.
  炼金术士是今日科学家的先驱。
• The forerunners of modern science were gradually discarding magical practices in favor of scientific experiment.
  近代科学的鼻祖们逐渐摒弃了各种不可思议的习俗，以利于科学实验的发展。