Predecessor
[ 'prɛdəsɛsɚ ]
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n. 前任，前辈;原有事物，前身;<古>祖先;
💡 词根助记
pre 前 + decess 消逝，死 + or表示人 → n. 前任,前辈;(被取代的)原有事物,前身
📝 例句
The new governor dismissed the staff that served his predecessor.
新州长将前任州长的职员全部解雇.
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ 谐音“怕惹的神色”:他一见前辈就一副怕惹的神色
※ pre-前缀“在…前”,de-拼音“的”,cess-词根“走”,or-拼音“人”:在前面走的人→前辈
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
-ced-表示“走”
常见变体有-ceed-
📖 牛津释义
predecessor
n
1 person who held an office or position before sb else （职务或职位的）前任者
The decision was made by my predecessor. 那一决定是我的前任作出的.
2 thing that has been followed or replaced by sth else 被接继或被取代的事物
Will the new plan be any more acceptable than its predecessors? 新计画比原先的计画更能令人满意吗? Cf 参看 successor.
🎯 考研助记
铺里的赊先生(谐音):是 前辈 pre(前面)+de(的)+cess(走)+or(人):前面的走路人- 前辈 网友：shanghai 补充：
🔁 扩展释义
*[,predi'sesә]n. 前任, 先辈, 前身【医】 初牙, 前辈, 祖先
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There's a talk on cancer that might be quite interesting, so perhaps I'll go to that.
有个关于癌症的报告可能很有意思，也许我会听听。
Then, instead of having someone answering the phone all day, people can ring up the railway station and listen to a tape recording of the information.
然后，人们可以打电话到火车站，从录音电话中获取信息，而不要安排一个专人整天接电话。
I could see a snake, a bear, a wolf, but no people.
我还看见一条蛇、一只熊、一只狼，但没有看见人。