forerunner
单词辨析：
指在某事物发展初期的重要人物，其思想或理论得到后人的发展或完善。
He was a pioneer in the field of mathematics.
他是数学领域的先驱者。
Who is the pioneer of computer animation?
谁是计算机动画的先驱？
多指某事物或某组织的前身。
What was the forerunner of the modern computer?
现代计算机的前身是什么？
The European Economic Community is the forerunner of the European Union.
欧洲经济共同体是欧盟的前身。
指发起变革、引入新思想的人或机构。
The young technical innovator didn't lose heart despite several failures.
这位年轻的技术创新者并没有因为几次失败而灰心。
This hospital is known as an innovator for its research on tumor.
这家医院因其在肿瘤方面的研究而被称为革新者。
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High quality product, come from mature technique and forerunner to process.
高品质的产品，来源于成熟的技术和先进的加工。
Sun Zhongshan was an open internationalized revolutionary forerunner.
孙中山是开放的国际化革命先行者。
He Luting, reputed as the forerunner of Chinese national music, is both a composer and music critic who has a great contribution to Chinese music field.
贺绿汀是一位对我国音乐事业有重要贡献的作曲家和音乐评论家，他被称为中国民族音乐的先行者。
The joint-stock company was the forerunner of the modern corporation.
股份公司是现代企业的先驱。
Virginia woolf, an English woman writer, is the forerunner of feminism.
英国女作家弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫是女性主义文学理论的开山鼻祖。
Penicillin was the forerunner of modern antibiotics.
青霉素是现代抗生素的先导。