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 followed in the steps of forerunners and marched onward.
  他跟随着先辈的足迹前进。
• Warm rains are the forerunners of spring.
  暖雨是春天来临的前兆。
• Both Mr Tsang and Mr Tang are tipped as forerunners in the race for the next chief executive.
  曾荫权和唐英年都被视为下届特首的热门人选。
• 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。
• 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。
• Edmund Spenser is one of the great forerunners of the poetic altar of the English Renaissance and is hailed as "the poets'poet".
  埃德蒙·斯宾塞是文艺复兴时期英国诗坛的伟大先驱之一，享有“诗人之诗人”的美誉。
• These academies were the forerunners of the more famous ones founded later in england, france, Italy and germany.
  这些学院是以后英、法、意大利和德国的一些最有名的科学院的前身。
• 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。
• He was one of the forerunners of Santa Claus.
  他是圣诞老人先行者的当中一个。