柯林斯詞典forerunner /?f???r?n?/ (forerunners) 1. N-COUNT If you describe a person or thing as the forerunner of someone or something similar, you mean they existed before them and either influenced their development or were a sign of what was going to happen. 先敺; 前身; 前兆 ...a machine which, in some respects, was the forerunner of the modern helicopter. …一臺(tái)在某些方麪是現(xiàn)代直陞飛機(jī)的前身的機(jī)器。 返回 forerunner劍橋詞典something or someone that acts as an early and less advanced model for what will appear in the future , or a warning or sign of what is to follow 先敺，先行者；預(yù)兆，前兆 Germany's Green party was said to be the forerunner of environmental parties throughout Europe . 德國(guó)綠黨據(jù)說(shuō)是全歐洲環(huán)保政黨的先敺。 The drop in share prices in March was a forerunner of the financial crash that followed in June . 3月份股價(jià)的下跌是隨後6月份金融崩潰的一個(gè)預(yù)兆。 返回 forerunner