pred.e.ces.sor

predecessor的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [ˈprediˌsesə, ˈpri:di-]
KK音标发音： [ˈprɛdɪˌsɛsɚ, ˈpridɪ-]

predecessor的词性：
n.（名词）

1. One who precedes another in time, especially in holding an office or a position.
前任：尤指先于另一人拥有同一职务或职位的人

2. Something that has been succeeded by another:
原有事物，前身：由另一东西接替的东西：

The new building is more spacious than its predecessor.
这一新建筑比原先的更宽敞

3. Archaic An ancestor; a forebear.
【古语】 祖先；祖辈

predecessor的词源：

4. Middle English predecessoure
中古英语 predecessoure

5. from Old French predecesseur
源自 古法语 predecesseur

6. from Late Latin praed?cessor
源自 后期拉丁语 praed?cessor

7. Latin prae- [pre-]
拉丁语 prae- [前缀，表“先于”]

8. Latin d?cessor [a retiring magistrate] from d?cessus [past participle of] d?c?dere [to depart] d?- [away] * see de- c?dere [to go] * see ked-
拉丁语 d?cessor [退休的行政司法长官] 源自 d?cessus [] d?c?dere的过去分词 [离开] d?- [离开] *参见 de- c?dere [走] *参见 ked-