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predecessor

英 ['priːdɪ.sesə(r)] 美 ['predə.sesər]

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
展开详细释义

n.

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

词形变化

复数:predecessors

常用短语 1 组

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在例句中理解 31 句

  1. For a time, admirers hailed Mr Ban's predecessor, Kofi Annan, as a "secular pope" , ready to speak up for those in need of UN succour.

    有段时间,人们尊称前秘书长科菲安南是位“世俗教皇”,因为他时刻准备着为需要联合国援助的人辩护。

  2. Right now, Mr. Bernanke is in crisis-management mode, trying to deal with the mess his predecessor left behind.

    现在,伯南克正处在“危机处理”模式,他要努力解决他的前任留给他的混乱状况。

  3. 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。

  4. 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。

  5. But the speech only confirmed that Obama has no alternative strategic vision to replace the neoconservative fantasies of his predecessor.

    但本次演讲只是进一步证明了奥巴马没有别的战略视野可用以取代其前任的新保守派幻想。

  6. Mr Hayward was appointed with a mission to be a different kind of leader from his ambitious, visionary predecessor.

    唐熙华在上任时身怀一项使命:作为领导,他必须有别于野心勃勃、富有远见的前任。

  7. 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。

  8. Tens of thousands of refugees had been killed in his journey west; in that sense Kabila was no better than his predecessor.

    叛军在西进过程中杀害了数万难民;从这一角度来说,卡比拉同他的前任都是一丘之貉。

  9. The iPad 2 is said to be twice the speed of its predecessor; it has cameras on the front and back and also features improved graphics.

    新发售的iPad2据说不仅运行速度是上一代的两倍,而且还配置了正背面摄像头,外型也更加美观时尚。

  10. The company's new president decided to overturn a decision by his predecessor that was unpopular with employees.

    公司新总裁决心推翻前任制定的不受员工欢迎的决定。

  11. Mr. Lu's background differs substantially from that of his predecessor.

    陆兆禧的背景与前任CEO卫哲迥异。

  12. He took over BP in 2007, after his predecessor, John Browne, resigned over a scandal involving allegations about his private life.

    2007年,在前任CEO布朗(JohnBrowne)因一起涉及私生活问题的丑闻而辞职之后,唐熙华执掌英国石油。

  13. Indeed, the new pontiff was known to be sceptical of the value of that inter-religious dialogue dear to the heart of his predecessor.

    事实上,新教皇明确怀疑价值他的前任教皇重视的宗教间的对话政策的价值。

  14. After years of denial and delay by its predecessor, the Obama administration is signaling that it's ready to take on climate change.

    在其前任多年拒绝和拖延之后,奥巴马政府表现出准备应对气候变化的态度。

  15. As for Mr Abe, the pact is of a piece with a more robust foreign policy for Japan that was begun by his predecessor, Junichiro Koizumi.

    对于安倍来说,这个协定与从前任首相小泉纯一郎所开始的活跃外交政策保持了一致。

  16. 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。

  17. Having your predecessor around can be a bit of an embarrassment for anyone.

    如果你的前任在你的身边,这总会让人有一点点尴尬。

  18. Ronald Reagan, well on his way to slashing his predecessor's largesse toward clean energy, killed the investment tax credit.

    罗纳尔多·里根——当时已经在大张旗鼓地削减其前任对清洁能源的补贴——把投资税务抵免取消掉了。

  19. The Kremlin's leaders do not seem to have offered Mr Bakiyev asylum in Moscow, as they did to his predecessor.

    克里姆林宫领袖们似乎也没有向巴基耶夫先生提供位于莫斯科的避难所,而对他的前任却是这样做的。

  20. That was one of the few things his predecessor was judged to have got about right.

    这是人们认为布什把握得基本正确的为数不多的事情之一。

  21. 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。

  22. By any standards, especially those of his predecessor in the White House, Mr Obama works hard. But the symbolism was a pity.

    无论以何种标准衡量(特别是以其白宫前任们的标准),奥巴马工作都可谓非常努力。但他的行为所传递出的象征意义却令人遗憾。

  23. He fought this election as the champion of the poor and a man of the people, in contrast to his more cerebral predecessor, Thabo Mbeki.

    同南非前任总统塔博-姆贝基截然不同的地方是,祖马是以贫民救星和人民之子的身份参加了此次选举。

  24. 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。

  25. Roosevelt was no ideologue. He had denounced the budget deficits of his Republican predecessor when running for president in 1932.

    罗斯福不是个理论家。他在1932年竞选总统时,公开指责其共和党前任的预算赤字。

  26. Idealists might frown that the best 11 years of democracy could throw up is a contest between the incumbent, his deputy and his predecessor.

    理想主义者可能会皱眉,印尼最好的11年的民主能够有结果,完全是现任总统和他的副总统以及他的前任总统之间的竞争。

  27. Already, the cerebral former Princeton academic is putting his own stamp on an institution long dominated by his predecessor.

    如今,这位理智型的前普林斯顿大学教授,正在给一个其前任长期主宰的机构打上自己的印记。

  28. 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。

  29. 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”。

  30. It's just that deceased and predecessor, as well as the word succeed all evolved out of the same earlier root word.

    这只是因为deceased(已故的)和predecessor(前任),以及单词succeed(继任)都是由同一个早期的词根词演变而来。

  31. Kennedy’s predecessor as President was the war hero Dwight Eisenhower.

    肯尼迪总统的前任是战争英雄德怀特·艾森豪威尔。

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