forerunner

fɒ:'rʌnә
托福雅思GRE Collins 1

英文释义

n a person who goes before or announces the coming of another
n something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
n anything that precedes something similar in time

中文翻译

n. 先驱, 前兆

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记忆技巧

forerunner 由两个部分组成：前缀 fore- 意为“前面”，词根 runner 意为“跑者”。合起来表示“在前面跑的人”，即“先驱”或“前导者”。

例句

1. The smartphone was a forerunner to many modern technologies.
智能手机是许多现代技术的先驱。
2. Her research on climate change was a forerunner to the new environmental policies.
她对气候变化的研究是新环保政策的先导。
3. This novel is considered a forerunner of the science fiction genre.
这部小说被认为是科幻小说类型的先驱。

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