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

• Grey hair has appeared in your sideburns, but you still look young in my eyes because you always keep abreast in the sea of wisdom with the forerunners of the day.
  岁月的白发虽然爬上了您的两鬓，在我看来您却永远年轻，因为，在智慧的大海里，您始终与时代的先行者并驾齐驱。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Abraham, he declared, and Jesus Christ were his forerunners.
  他宣布，亚伯拉罕和耶稣基督是他的先驱。
• He was one of the forerunners of Santa Claus.
  他是圣诞老人先行者的当中一个。
• These are to be the forerunners for your new galactic society.
  对于你们这些新的银河成员，早就有了先行者。
• Lively said of her hair's popularity, though she had an inkling: fashion forerunners like Vogue staffers routinely approach her at events and fixate on her hair, she said.
  但她说她也发现了端倪：像《时尚》里的流行先驱们都会有意无意接近她，注意她的头发。
• It was the first tale of time travel, and it is considered one of the forerunners of the science fiction genre.
  这是第一次时间旅行的故事，它被认为是先行者的科幻小说流派。