| 单词 | predecessor |
| 释义 | predecessor /pred"euh ses'euhr, pred'euh ses"euhr/ or, esp. Brit., /pree"deuh ses'euhr/, n. 1. a person who precedes another in an office, position, etc. 2. something succeeded or replaced by something else: The new monument in the park is more beautiful than its predecessor. 3. Archaic. an ancestor; forefather. [1250-1300; ME predecessour < AF < LL praedecessor, equiv. to L prae- PRE- + decessor retiring official, itself equiv. to deced-, var. s. of decedere to withdraw (de- DE- + cedere to yield; see CEDE) + -tor -TOR, with dt > ss] |
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