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

• 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。
• A mature system must have some less mature forerunners. That had been the hypothesis for many years. In the past decade the hypothesis has been proved.
  一种成熟的文字必有其前驱。这是多年的假说。过去10年的考古研究已证实这一假说。
• It is a correct way to absorb all the things done by your forerunners before you go forward.
  正确的道路是这样：吸取你的前辈所做的一切，然后再往前走。
• Grey hair has appeared in your sideburns, but you still look young in my eyes because you always keep abreast in the sea of wisdom with the forerunners of the day.
  岁月的白发虽然爬上了您的两鬓，在我看来您却永远年轻，因为，在智慧的大海里，您始终与时代的先行者并驾齐驱。
• These primitive predators, though dinosaur-like in appearance, are actually considered the forerunners of mammals.
  这些原始的大鳄，虽然恐龙一样，在外观上，其实是考虑到先行者的哺乳动物。
• Lively said of her hair's popularity, though she had an inkling: fashion forerunners like Vogue staffers routinely approach her at events and fixate on her hair, she said.
  但她说她也发现了端倪：像《时尚》里的流行先驱们都会有意无意接近她，注意她的头发。
• Abraham, he declared, and Jesus Christ were his forerunners.
  他宣布，亚伯拉罕和耶稣基督是他的先驱。
• 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。
• Warm rains are the forerunners of spring.
  暖雨是春天来临的前兆。
• The forerunners of modern science were gradually discarding magical practices in favor of scientific experiment.
  近代科学的鼻祖们逐渐摒弃了各种不可思议的习俗，以利于科学实验的发展。