名词

1. 先驱;先行者;预兆
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.

1. something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone

Synonym: harbingerpredecessorheraldprecursor

2. a person who goes before or announces the coming of another

Synonym: precursor

3. anything that precedes something similar in time

e.g. phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience

Synonym: antecedent