predecessor
/ˈpriːdɪsɛsə(r)//ˈprɛd.ə.sɛs.ɚ/
- n.
- 前任，先辈，前身
中文释义来自 ECDICT
词源链
- 英语English
predecessor
词源说明
From Middle English predecessour, from Old French predecesseor (“forebear”), from Late Latin praedēcessor, from Latin prae- (“pre-”) + Latin dēcessor (“retiring officer”), from Latin dēcēdō (“to retire, to die”) (English decease).
释义
名词noun
- 1One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position.
- 2A model or type of machinery or device which precedes the current (or later) one. Usually used to describe an earlier, outdated model.
- 3(mathematics) A vertex having a directed path to another vertex