| 单词 | forerunner |
| 释义 | forerunner (once / 2394 pages) n A forerunner is someone or something that came before and paved the way for something today. Rotary phones were forerunners of today's complex cell phones. The prefix fore- in forerunner is a clue that this word has to do with things that came before. A forerunner is someone from the past who preceded someone today, making new things possible. In the NBA, players like Wilt Chamberlain were forerunners of centers who played later. Early, gigantic computers were forerunners of today's sleek sophisticated computers. George Washington was a forerunner of every US president who has served since. Make sure to thank forerunners for paving the way for the rest of us slackers. WORD FAMILYforerunner: forerunners+/overrun: overran, overrunning, overruns/rerun: reran, rerunning, reruns/run: overrun, ran, rerun, runned, runner, running, runny, runs/runner: forerunner, runners/running: runningly, runnings/runny: runnier, runniness USAGE EXAMPLESIn the Communist telling, Sun is the “forerunner of the democratic revolution”. Economist(Nov 03, 2016) “There’s no obvious forerunner to guide us, no road sign or direction to follow,” Tencent’s research department writes in a newly released internet-industry forecast report. Wall Street Journal(Dec 28, 2016) Punk pioneer who helped form the duo Suicide, widely regarded as a forerunner of punk and electronic music. Seattle Times(Dec 14, 2016) 1n something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone Syn|Hyper harbinger, herald, precursor, predecessor indicant, indication something that serves to indicate or suggest 2n anything that precedes something similar in time Syn|Hyper antecedent temporal relation a relation involving time 3n a person who goes before or announces the coming of another Syn|Hypo|Hyper precursor predecessor one who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office) forefatherperson from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being |
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