forerunner
英 [ˈfɔːrʌnə(r)]
美 [ˈfɔːrʌnər]
n. 先驱; 先行者; 预兆; 前兆
复数：forerunners
Collins.1 / BNC.11322 / COCA.17730
同义词辨析
pioneerforerunnerinnovator【导航词义：先驱】
pioneern. 先驱，先锋
〔辨析〕
指在某事物发展初期的重要人物，其思想或理论得到后人的发展或完善。
〔例证〕
He was a pioneer in the field of mathematics.
他是数学领域的先驱者。
Who is the pioneer of computer animation?
谁是计算机动画的先驱？
他是数学领域的先驱者。
Who is the pioneer of computer animation?
谁是计算机动画的先驱？
forerunnern. 先驱，先导
〔辨析〕
多指某事物或某组织的前身。
〔例证〕
What was the forerunner of the modern computer?
现代计算机的前身是什么？
The European Economic Community is the forerunner of the European Union.
欧洲经济共同体是欧盟的前身。
现代计算机的前身是什么？
The European Economic Community is the forerunner of the European Union.
欧洲经济共同体是欧盟的前身。
innovatorn. 革新者，创新者
〔辨析〕
指发起变革、引入新思想的人或机构。
〔例证〕
The young technical innovator didn't lose heart despite several failures.
这位年轻的技术创新者并没有因为几次失败而灰心。
This hospital is known as an innovator for its research on tumor.
这家医院因其在肿瘤方面的研究而被称为革新者。
这位年轻的技术创新者并没有因为几次失败而灰心。
This hospital is known as an innovator for its research on tumor.
这家医院因其在肿瘤方面的研究而被称为革新者。
牛津词典
noun
- 先驱；先行者；预兆；前兆
a person or thing that came before and influenced sb/sth else that is similar; a sign of what is going to happen- Country music was undoubtedly one of the forerunners of rock and roll.
乡村音乐无疑是摇滚乐的先导之一。
- Country music was undoubtedly one of the forerunners of rock and roll.
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.- ...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 - 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。
- ...a machine which, in some respects, was the forerunner of the modern helicopter...
英英释义
noun
- something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
- a person who goes before or announces the coming of another
- anything that precedes something similar in time
- phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience
双语例句
- This view can be considered the forerunner of nutritional science in China.
可以将这种观点认为是中国营养科学的先驱。 - A forerunner of those vehicles, though, is already being developed and tested.
不过这类飞机的先驱机型目前已在开发及测试中。 - Virginia woolf, an English woman writer, is the forerunner of feminism.
英国女作家弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫是女性主义文学理论的开山鼻祖。 - Penicillin was the forerunner of modern antibiotics.
青霉素是现代抗生素的先导。 - Integrate China design class, and to be the forerunner of "Create in China".
整合中国设计界，以健康的姿态，做“中国创造”的领跑者。 - The Netherlands was the UK's forerunner as a commercial, naval and imperial power.
荷兰比英国更早成为了商业和海上帝国。 - This forerunner of the musket is capable of firing deadly volleys that can pierce armour.
这些火枪的先驱者可以射出穿透盔甲的致命齐射。 - The forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police ( Mounties), the Northwest Mounted Police, kept the peace.
加拿大皇家骑警的前身，西北骑警，维持了和平。 - He is not only looked upon as the modern educator of China, but also the forerunner.
他不仅是中国近代的大教育家，而且同时堪称中国近代教育的先驱。 - Charlotte Perriand: Forerunner of Modernism Design
夏洛特·贝里安（CharlottePerriand）&现代主义设计的先驱