forerunners

IPA/ˈfɔːˌrʌn.ər/
KK[fˈɔrˌʌnɚz]IPA/ˈfɔːrˌrʌn.ɚ/

forerunners — noun

  • forerunnerssingular
  • forerunnersesplural

1. A forerunner is someone or something that appears earlier than others of its kin

1.名詞B2
釋義

A forerunner is someone or something that appears earlier than others of its kind and signals what is coming next.

例句

Mira's short film was a forerunner of her later award-winning features.

forerunner + of: earlier creative work pointing to later success

The sharp drop in orders was a forerunner of the factory's closure.

同義詞
  • precursor

    more formal; common in science and technology

  • harbinger

    literary; specifically a sign of something coming, often negative

  • herald

    often refers to a person announcing something; more dramatic in tone

  • predecessor

    simply something that came before, without the hint of signalling the future

反義詞
  • successor

    the person or thing that follows and replaces

  • follower

    something that comes after in sequence

文法句型

forerunner + of

用法筆記

Forerunner is almost always followed by 'of' and the thing that comes later. It is more common in formal and academic writing than in everyday speech.

常見錯誤

❌She was a forerunner for modern dance.
✅She was a forerunner of modern dance.
💡'forerunner' takes 'of', not 'for'.
❌The internet was the forerunner.' (incomplete)
✅The early internet was a forerunner of today's connected world.
💡always name what the forerunner points toward.