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

• 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。
• He was one of the forerunners of Santa Claus.
  他是圣诞老人先行者的当中一个。
• 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。
• Belgium and Uruguay are two diminutive countries that have maximized their advantages through inclusiveness, and of which Brazil, Argentina, Spain and Germany the quartet of forerunners for this year's title will rightly be wary.
  比利时和乌拉圭这两个袖珍之国因为包容性最大限度地增强了自己的实力，巴西、阿根廷、西班牙和德国这四个本届杯赛的夺冠大热门肯定会对他们特别小心。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• These are to be the forerunners for your new galactic society.
  对于你们这些新的银河成员，早就有了先行者。
• Warm rains are the forerunners of spring.
  暖雨是春天来临的前兆。
• Therefore no one will disappear, except perhaps for a few forerunners who are necessary to clear the path for the rest to follow.
  因此没有人会消失，除非有可能一些必要的先驱者需要清除路径好让他人跟随。