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predecessor

noun
 
🔊/ˈpriːdəsesə(r)/
🔊/ˈpredəsesər/
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  1.  
    a person who did a job before somebody else前任
    • The new president reversed many of the policies of his predecessor.新任总统彻底改变了其前任的许多政策。🔊🔊
    • his immediate predecessor in the post他的直接前任
    • my predecessor at the Ministry of Defence我在国防部的前任
  2. a thing, such as a machine, that has been followed or replaced by something else原先的东西；被替代的事物
    • This computer has a larger memory than its predecessor.此计算机的内存比以前的计算机大。
    3. compare successor
    Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin praedecessor, from Latin prae ‘beforehand’ + decessor ‘retiring officer’ (from decedere ‘depart’).