Wordiyoprecursor
🇬🇧 UK/.pri:'kә:sә/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions
n.
A person or thing that comes before and leads to or indicates something else; a forerunner; a chemical compound from which another is formed.
先驱，前兆；前体化合物
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.precursor to something……的前兆/先驱
- 2.chemical precursor化学前体
- 3.historical precursor历史先驱
- 4.direct precursor直接前体
Example Sentences
- 1.
The Renaissance is often seen as a precursor to the modern scientific revolution.
- 2.
Dopamine is a chemical precursor to adrenaline in the human body.
- 3.
Those early warning signs were a precursor to the economic crisis that followed.