predecessor

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɹiːdɪsɛsə(ɹ)/    美 /ˈpɹɛd.ə.sɛs.ɚ/|/ˈpɹi.də.sɛs.ɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position.
    — I thought about my predecessor, who had died of drink and smoke; and I could have wished he had been so good as to live, and not bother me with his decease.
  2. A model or type of machinery or device which precedes the current (or later) one. Usually used to describe an earlier, outdated model.
    — The steam engine was the predecessor of diesel and electric locomotives.
  3. A vertex having a directed path to another vertex

词形变化

predecessors plural prædecessor alternative,obsolete predecessour alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
forerunner foreganger ancestor antecessor precursor ancient elder precessor predecessor
反义词
successor
上位词
precursor
下位词
ancestor predecessoress foreking preregnant
衍生词
predecessoress predecessorial predecessorship predecessory
相关词
decease deceased predecessive successive successor

词源

From Middle English predecessour, from Old French predecesseor (“forebear”), from Late Latin praedēcessor, from Latin prae- (“pre-”) + Latin dēcessor (“retiring officer”), from Latin dēcēdō (“to retire, to die”) (English decease).
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