predecessor
美 [?pred??ses?r] 
英 [?pri?d??ses?(r)]
- n.前任；原先的東西；被替代的事物
- 網絡前輩；原有事物；前身
詞形變化
復數：predecessors 反義詞
同義詞
英漢雙解
1. | 前任a person who did a job before sb else |
| The new president reversed many of the policies of his predecessor. 新任總統徹底改變了其前任的許多政策。 |
2. | 原先的東西；被替代的事物a thing, such as a machine, that has been followed or replaced by sth else |
英漢解釋
英英解釋
例句
He had been strongly critical of a similar bargain struck in 1994 by his predecessor, Bill Clinton, which later unravelled.
他曾對他的前任克林頓總統在1994年與北朝鮮達成的一個相似協議嚴加指責，而該協議后來失效了。
In January, he said only that the U. S. president had received a "heavy inheritance" from his predecessor.
一月份，拉登只是說，美國總統從他的前任那里接受了一份“沉重的遺產”。
The sense of urgency is heightened by the fact that the ideal private banker of today is strikingly different from his predecessor.
當今理想的私人銀行家與以前明顯不同，這種情況增強了這種緊迫感。
Already, the cerebral former Princeton academic is putting his own stamp on an institution long dominated by his predecessor.
如今，這位理智型的前普林斯頓大學教授，正在給一個其前任長期主宰的機構打上自己的印記。
I also think that unlike his predecessor he is unlikely to make statements off the top of his head, which should give a sense of stability.
我還認為，他和前任不同，他不大會講話不加考慮，這應會給人可靠的感覺。
By any standards, especially those of his predecessor in the White House, Mr Obama works hard. But the symbolism was a pity.
無論以何種標準衡量（特別是以其白宮前任們的標準），奧巴馬工作都可謂非常努力。但他的行為所傳遞出的象征意義卻令人遺憾。
Someone may even get around to posting his picture in the CFTC's lobby, still adorned with that of his Republican predecessor.
甚至有人也許已經在考慮在CFTC的大廳里掛上他的肖像，要知道，那里原本是用他的共和黨前任裝飾的。
Ronald Reagan, well on his way to slashing his predecessor's largesse toward clean energy, killed the investment tax credit.
羅納爾多·里根——當時已經在大張旗鼓地削減其前任對清潔能源的補貼——把投資稅務抵免取消掉了。
"Prevention is better than cure" , he argued in a reference to criticism of his predecessor, President Michelle Bachelet.
他說，“與其補救于已然，不如防止于未然。”暗中批評前任總統米歇爾?巴奇萊特。
Indeed Mr. Zardari, who inherited the PPP from his wife and vast , powers from his predecessor, Pervez Musharraf, had a painful 2009.
的確，在接手他妻子的人民黨，并從他的前任，穆沙拉夫手中接過巨大的權利后，扎爾達里的2009年并不好過。
The Kremlin's leaders do not seem to have offered Mr Bakiyev asylum in Moscow, as they did to his predecessor.
克里姆林宮領袖們似乎也沒有向巴基耶夫先生提供位于莫斯科的避難所，而對他的前任卻是這樣做的。
As for Mr Abe, the pact is of a piece with a more robust foreign policy for Japan that was begun by his predecessor, Junichiro Koizumi.
對于安倍來說，這個協定與從前任首相小泉純一郎所開始的活躍外交政策保持了一致。
And Gates said he thought Mr. Obama was more analytical than his predecessor, George W. Bush.
蓋茨說，他認為奧巴馬比他的前任布什更善于分析。
After years of denial and delay by its predecessor, the Obama administration is signaling that it's ready to take on climate change.
在其前任多年拒絕和拖延之后，奧巴馬政府表現出準備應對氣候變化的態度。
The company's new president decided to overturn a decision by his predecessor that was unpopular with employees.
公司新總裁決心推翻前任制定的不受員工歡迎的決定。
He fought this election as the champion of the poor and a man of the people, in contrast to his more cerebral predecessor, Thabo Mbeki.
同南非前任總統塔博-姆貝基截然不同的地方是，祖馬是以貧民救星和人民之子的身份參加了此次選舉。
Idealists might frown that the best 11 years of democracy could throw up is a contest between the incumbent, his deputy and his predecessor.
理想主義者可能會皺眉，印尼最好的11年的民主能夠有結果，完全是現任總統和他的副總統以及他的前任總統之間的競爭。
The iPad 2 is said to be twice the speed of its predecessor; it has cameras on the front and back and also features improved graphics.
新發售的iPad2據說不僅運行速度是上一代的兩倍，而且還配置了正背面攝像頭，外型也更加美觀時尚。
As with its predecessor, Ground Control II seems to make the greatest impact with its superb graphics engine.
關于它的前任，地面管制2似乎用它的超級圖形引擎來制造最好的沖擊。
Mr Hayward was appointed with a mission to be a different kind of leader from his ambitious, visionary predecessor.
唐熙華在上任時身懷一項使命：作為領導，他必須有別于野心勃勃、富有遠見的前任。
Roosevelt was no ideologue. He had denounced the budget deficits of his Republican predecessor when running for president in 1932.
羅斯福不是個理論家。他在1932年競選總統時，公開指責其共和黨前任的預算赤字。
Will the president acknowledge that his predecessor's "surge" is at least partly responsible for Iraq's relative stability?
那么布什先生呢，總統是否清楚他前輩的“放手”至少是對伊拉克局勢穩定負部分的責任？
Having your predecessor around can be a bit of an embarrassment for anyone.
如果你的前任在你的身邊，這總會讓人有一點點尷尬。
Mr Gates soothed relations with the top brass, the State Department and Congress that had been frayed by his predecessor's truculence.
蓋茨緩和了上層官員間的矛盾，國防部與國會之間被前任國防部長的粗野行為破壞的關系得以修復。
China's leaders subsequently did not change course: Each new party leader honored the policies of his predecessor.
中國領導人后來并沒有改變道路方向：每一個新的領導人都很尊重他前任領導人的政策。
He took over BP in 2007, after his predecessor, John Browne, resigned over a scandal involving allegations about his private life.
2007年，在前任CEO布朗（JohnBrowne）因一起涉及私生活問題的丑聞而辭職之后，唐熙華執掌英國石油。
The scion of a prominent Sunni Arab family, he took the job two years ago after his predecessor, his cousin, was assassinated.
作為一個遜尼派阿拉伯名門望族的子孫，兩年前在其前任–他堂兄–被刺殺之后，他干上了這份差事。
Tens of thousands of refugees had been killed in his journey west; in that sense Kabila was no better than his predecessor.
叛軍在西進過程中殺害了數萬難民；從這一角度來說，卡比拉同他的前任都是一丘之貉。
That was one of the few things his predecessor was judged to have got about right.
這是人們認為布什把握得基本正確的為數不多的事情之一。
To see what I mean, compare what Mr. Obama has said and done about health care with the statements and actions of his predecessor.
要理解我說的意思，不妨將奧巴馬在醫療問題上的言論和行動與其前任做一比較。
Right now, Mr. Bernanke is in crisis-management mode, trying to deal with the mess his predecessor left behind.
現在，伯南克正處在“危機處理”模式，他要努力解決他的前任留給他的混亂狀況。
Mr. Lu's background differs substantially from that of his predecessor.
陸兆禧的背景與前任CEO衛哲迥異。
Indeed, the new pontiff was known to be sceptical of the value of that inter-religious dialogue dear to the heart of his predecessor.
事實上，新教皇明確懷疑價值他的前任教皇重視的宗教間的對話政策的價值。
Then again, General Sonthi Boonyaratglin, his predecessor, repeatedly made the same promise right up to the moment he overthrew Mr Thaksin.
上一次，SonthiBoonyaratglin將軍，他的前任，反復作出同樣的承諾，直到他推翻他信先生的那一刻。
Such a speech made sense politically, too: it was shrewd to emphasise just how dreadful a mess he is inheriting from his predecessor.
這樣一場演講同樣具有政治意義。奧巴馬精明的強調到他從上一任總統布什手里接過的是一個一團糟的爛攤子。
For a time, admirers hailed Mr Ban's predecessor, Kofi Annan, as a "secular pope" , ready to speak up for those in need of UN succour.
有段時間，人們尊稱前秘書長科菲安南是位“世俗教皇”，因為他時刻準備著為需要聯合國援助的人辯護。
But the speech only confirmed that Obama has no alternative strategic vision to replace the neoconservative fantasies of his predecessor.
但本次演講只是進一步證明了奧巴馬沒有別的戰略視野可用以取代其前任的新保守派幻想。
It's just that deceased and predecessor, as well as the word succeed all evolved out of the same earlier root word.
這只是因為deceased（已故的）和predecessor（前任），以及單詞succeed（繼任）都是由同一個早期的詞根詞演變而來。
Even if he lacks the assiduous political touch of his predecessor , Mr Bernanke is not unaware of the political context .
即使沒有前任格林斯潘那樣執著的政治敏感度，但伯南克也不是不注意政治背景。
You can click the name of a predecessor task to see its drivers .
可單擊前置任務的名稱以查看其驅動因素。
