predecessor

noun

1. 前任
   a person who did a job before sb else
   1. The new president reversed many of the policies of his predecessor.
      新任总统彻底改变了其前任的许多政策。
2. 原先的东西；被替代的事物
   a thing, such as a machine, that has been followed or replaced by sth else

1. N-COUNT 前任；前辈
   Your predecessor is the person who had your job before you.
   1. He maintained that he learned everything he knew from his predecessor Kenneth Sisam.
      他坚称他所知道的一切都获自前任肯尼思·赛瑟姆。
2. N-COUNT （物件、机器的）前身
   The predecessor of an object or machine is the object or machine that came before it in a sequence or process of development.
   1. The car is some 40mm shorter than its predecessor.
      这辆轿车比原先的车型短了约40毫米。

1. His predecessor was accorded an equally tumultuous welcome
   他的前任受到了同样热烈的欢迎。
2. He's backing away from the policies and style of his predecessor
   他正脱离其前任的政策和风格。
3. He has never exhibited the self-confidence, bordering on arrogance, of his predecessor
   他从未表现出他前任的那种近乎傲慢的自信。
4. The new Prime Minister is an improvement on his predecessor
   新上任的总理比他的前任要强。
5. He maintained that he learned everything he knew from his predecessor Kenneth Sisam.
   他坚称他所知道的一切都获自前任肯尼思·赛瑟姆。
6. The car is some 40mm shorter than its predecessor.
   这辆轿车比原先的车型短了约40毫米。
7. The proposed constitution gives him much wider powers than his predecessor.
   宪法提案赋予他比前任大得多的权力。
8. In a departure from his predecessor, President Barack Obama has said his administration intends to directly engage Tehran.
   和前任的作法不同，奥巴马总统表示，他的政府打算与德黑兰直接接触。
9. Abe's predecessor, Junichiro Koizumi, was divorced.
   安倍首相的前任小泉纯一郎就是个离了婚的单身汉。
10. Like its predecessor, this transformation can be extended.
    像其前辈一样，该转换可以扩展。
11. The new prime minister is expected to purge his cabinet of ministers from his predecessor's government.
    预计新的首相会将他前任政府留下的部长从他的内阁中清除出去。
12. We do not know what has happened to your predecessor.
    我们不知道你的前任们发生了什么事情。
13. I have a problem with my HR Director, who I inherited from my predecessor.
    我与前任留给我的人力资源主管之间存在着一些问题。
14. My predecessor felt you had an ambivalent relationship with him.
    我的前任感到你和他有一种矛盾的关系。
15. I felt that my predecessor had taken too many liberties with regulations.
    我觉得我前任对制度太随意了。
16. Unlike his predecessor, he did not continue Kublai's work, but largely rejected it.
    不像他的前任，他没有继续忽必烈的工作，但基本上拒绝了这一要求。
17. His predecessor quit because he was not in the least interested in this kind of job.
    他的前任因为对这种工作毫无兴趣，所以离职了。
18. He has undone the good work of his predecessor.
    他已毁弃了他前任者的良好成就。
19. With all of the power and speed of its predecessor, this machine also has incredible firepower!
    不但具有其前身的全部力量和速度，这台机器还拥有不可思议的强大火力！
20. Questions about his predecessor consumed more than half of Wang Rong's session earlier this month.
    在本月早些时候的记者招待会上，有关王荣前任的问题占到了一半以上的时间。
21. He is a president living in the shadow of his predecessor.
    他是一个在他的前任的声誉影响中过日子的总统。
22. This date is based on the duration, calendars, and constraints of predecessor and successor tasks.
    此日期以前置任务和后续任务的工期、日历和限制为基础。
23. As with the economy, Mr Obama took on a terrible inheritance from his predecessor.
    在接手了一个经济烂摊子的同时，奥巴马从其前任那里还接过了一个可怕的遗产。
24. His background parallels that of his predecessor.
    他的背景和前任的人类似。
25. Our new doctor is much younger than his predecessor.
    我们的新医生比他的前任年轻多了。
26. This is the predecessor of Chinese drama.
    这是中国戏剧的前身。
27. Bush's predecessor, former President Bill Clinton, also took part in the World AIDS Day event.
    布什的前任、前总统克林顿也参与了世界艾滋病日活动。
28. The new managing director overturned many decisions made by his predecessor.
    新的总经理推翻了许多他的前任所做的决定。
29. But this new era must not repeat or prolong the mistakes of its predecessor.
    但是这个新纪元必须不能重复或延长其前任的错误。
30. On behalf of our nation, I salute my predecessor, President Bush, for his half-century of service to America.
    我的前任布什总统为美国服务了半个世纪，在此，我代表我们的国家向他致以崇高的敬意。

noun

1. something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone

   Synonym:    harbingerforerunnerheraldprecursor

2. one who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office)