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

• He was one of the forerunners of Santa Claus.
  他是圣诞老人先行者的当中一个。
• 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。
• 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。
• Little did they know that they were the forerunners for modern agriculture?
  他们并不知道自己是现代农业的先驱。
• Based on the forerunners research, the author of this paper deems that Xiwangmu had the three categories: that is, the person who was present in history;
  本文在前人研究的基础上，论证西王母有三类：一是历史上确曾存在过的人；
• Tree shrews are believed to be forerunners of monkeys.
  树据信为猴子的祖先。
• They were the forerunners of the medieval serfs.
  他们是中世纪农奴的前辈。
• Guided by the "great liberation of poetic style", the forerunners of free verse are resolved to draw a clear line with classical Chinese in order to make free verse as orthodox.
  在“诗体的大解放”旗帜引领下，白话诗的先驱们立志与古典诗歌“划清界限”，以使白话文取得正统地位。
• Once the Finns settled, they may have erected underground sweat houses, forerunners of the savusauna.
  芬兰人定居以后，可能就建了地下发汗室，也就是传统的烟熏桑拿的前身。
• These forerunners of tabloid newspapers carried colorful reports of bloody crimes, robbery and public executions. They were extremely popular.
  作为通俗小报的先驱者，他们报道血腥犯罪、暴力抢劫和公共处决等各色新闻，极其受欢迎。