The exact nature of the first cell, the forerunner of all life today, is still a mystery.(現今所有生命的鼻祖，最初的那個細胞，它確切的本質依然個迷。)

The etymology of the word harbinger is tied up in that “forerunner” meaning.(harbinger這個詞的來源和“先行者”是聯系在一起的。)

Mighty MITI, as METI's forerunner, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, used to be known, will ride forth again.(日本通產省，經濟產業省的前身，過去被稱為國際貿易工業部，將重出江湖。)

The Garmin Forerunner 410 looks like a regular watch.(佳明先驅410看上去就像一個普通的手表。)

Then, take your Garmin Forerunner GPS watch and place it right next to the computer.(然后，打開你的佳明gps手表，把手邊放到電腦的右邊。)

I appreciate your efforts and cooperation and hope that this will be the forerunner of other transactions in future.(我感謝你方的努力和合作。并希望這筆交易將只是今后更多交易的開始。)

He was not a man of outstanding moral eminence, like his forerunner Sir Thomas More, but he was also not exceptionally wicked.(他雖不是像他的前輩托馬斯·莫爾爵士那樣一個德操出眾的人，但是他也不特別奸惡。)

This activity could be thought of as a forerunner to data warehousing.(可將該活動看作是數據倉庫的先驅活動。)

Corrective notion is the basis of correct theory, and advanced notion is the forerunner of advanced system.(正確的觀念是正確理論的基礎，先進的觀念是先進制度的先導。)

The language and meter used by Aeschylus in his plays was the forerunner of blank verse, or unrhymed iambic pentameter.(埃斯庫羅斯在劇中使用的語言和韻律則是素體文，或者說成無韻抑揚格五步詩的前身。)

用作名詞(n.)

She is a forerunner of the modern women's movement.
她是現代婦女運動的先驅。Heavy clouds are the forerunners of a storm.
陰云密布是暴風雨的前兆。

The forerunners of ImpressionismsDelacroix, Courbet, Corot and, especially, Turner and Constable.