forerunners
n. 先驅( forerunner的名詞複數 ); 開路人; 先兆; 前兆
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.
...a machine which, in some respects, was the forerunner of the modern helicopter...
在某些方面成為現代直升機前身的機器
Some respiratory symptoms can be the forerunners of asthma.
一些呼吸道症狀可能是哮喘病的先兆。
Country music was undoubtedly one of the forerunners of rock and roll.
鄉村音樂無疑是搖滾樂的先導之一。
Abraham, he declared, and Jesus Christ were his forerunners.
他宣佈, 亞伯拉罕和耶穌基督是他的先驅.
Some respiratory symptoms can be the forerunners of asthma.
一些呼吸道症狀可能是哮喘病的先兆。
They were the forerunners of the medieval serfs.
他們是中世紀農奴的前輩.
The alchemists were the forerunners of the scientists of today.
鍊金術士是今日科學家的先驅.