predecessor的例句是：用作名词(n.)The Yunxian Man fossil skull is believed by scientists to belong to homo erectus, a predecessor of homo sapiens that walked on their two legs with an upright body posture.科学家们认为袁县人属于直立人，是靠两条腿直立行走的智力人的祖先。predecessor的意思是n.祖先；前任；原有事物。predecessor的读音是英['priːdɪsesə(r)]；美['predəsesər]。
一、详尽释义点此查看predecessor的详细内容
二、英英释义
三、词典解释
1.前任；前辈
Yourpredecessor is the person who had your job before you.
e.g. He maintained that he learned everything he knew from hispredecessor Kenneth Sisam.
他坚称他所知道的一切都获自前任肯尼思·赛瑟姆。
2.（物件、机器的）前身
Thepredecessor of an object or machine is the object or machine that came before it in a sequence or process of development.
e.g. The car is some 40mm shorter than itspredecessor.
这辆轿车比原先的车型短了约40毫米。
四、例句
The Yunxian Man fossil skull is believed by scientists to belong to homo erectus, a predecessor of homo sapiens that walked on their two legs with an upright body posture.
科学家们认为袁县人属于直立人，是靠两条腿直立行走的智力人的祖先。
Recently unearthed fossils trace whales to a doglike predecessor of hoofed plant-eaters, and genetic analysis has identified hippos as whales' closest living relatives.
最近出土的化石使鲸的祖先可追溯到一种有蹄外形像狗的植食动物，而且基因分析证实了现存动物中河马是鲸的近亲。
He undid most of the good work of his predecessor.
他把前任的大部分业绩毁掉了。
Our new doctor is much younger than his predecessor.
我们新来的医生比他的前任年轻许多。
My prest car is much better than its predecessor .
我现在的汽车比原来的那辆好得多。
The subsequent model is a reflection of its predecessor in design.
后来的模型酷似先前的设计。
五、词汇搭配
六、经典引文
Eadmer's immediate predecessor in the see of St. Andrews was Turgot.
出自：G. L. CraikNicholas II..travelled more than any of his predecessors.
出自：A. N. Wilsonpredecessor的相关近义词
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