前身的英文：
precursor
predecessor

参考例句：
  • The forerunners of the modern diesel engine
    现代柴油机的前身.
  • An immature cell of the bone marrow that is the precursor of a myelocyte.
    成髓细胞，原始粒细胞骨髓的一种未成熟细胞，是髓细胞的前身
  • Astronomy inherits from astrology.
    天文学的前身是占星术。
  • Using interfacing as for the jacket front.
    衬布与前身相同。
  • It was the precursor of or to the modem jet plane.
    它是现代喷汽飞机的前身。
  • It seems that the Far East Games and West Asia Games were the predecessor of the Asian Games.
    看来，远东运动会和西亚运动会就是亚运会的前身了。
  • The precursor of the modern car was a horseless carriage with a petrol engine.
    现代汽车的前身是不用马拉的，装有汽油发动机的车子。
  • Real tennis, an ancient precursor of the modern game, originated in the eleventh century.
    室内网球，现代网球运动的古老前身，起源于11世纪。
  • "Our work grew out of a small blast furnace plant, which is set up in 1913. "
    我们厂的前身是一家小炼铁厂，建于1913年。
  • Lay the front bodice on a clean sheet of paper and place a pivot pin into the bust point.
    把前身样板放在一张透明纸上并把大头针孔在胸点处。
precursor是什么意思：
n. 先驱，前导，先锋；预兆；前身
  • It was the precursor of or to the modem jet plane.
    它是现代喷汽飞机的前身。
  • These include the chlorophyll precursor protochlorophyllide a
    这些受体包括叶绿素的前体原叶绿酸a。
  • Crazing is the invariable precursor of brittle fracture.
    出现小裂纹必然是脆性断裂的前兆。
  • That kind of surge may be a precursor to inflation.
    这种飙升也许是通胀的前兆。
  • Error is often the precursor of what is correct.
    错误常常是正确的先导。
predecessor是什么意思：
n. 前任，前辈；（被取代的）原有事物，前身
  • His predecessor was accorded an equally tumultuous welcome.
    他的前任受到了同样热烈的欢迎。
  • The new building is more spacious than its predecessor.
    这一新建筑比原先的更宽敞。
  • David was more politic and successful than his predecessor
    大卫比他的前任精明，成就也较大。
  • He is a president living in the shadow of his predecessor.
    他是一个在他的前任的声誉影响中过日子的总统。
  • She is using the same office as her predecessor.
    她用的是她前任的办公室。

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