precursor

英 [priˈkɜːsə(r)]

美 [priˈkɜːrsər]

n.  先驱; 先锋; 前身

复数：precursors　

TOEFLGRE化学

Collins.1 / BNC.10361 / COCA.9664

牛津词典

noun

• 先驱；先锋；前身
  a person or thing that comes before sb/sth similar and that leads to or influences its development

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 先驱；先锋；前身
  Aprecursorof something is a similar thing that happened or existed before it, often something which led to the existence or development of that thing.
  1. Real tennis, an ancient precursor of the modern game, originated in the eleventh century...
     室内网球，现代网球运动的古老前身，起源于11世纪。
  2. He said that the deal should not be seen as a precursor to a merger.
     他说该笔交易不应该被看作是合并的前兆。

英英释义

noun

• something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
  Synonym:harbingerforerunnerpredecessorherald
• a person who goes before or announces the coming of another
  Synonym:forerunner
• a substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction)

双语例句

• Small cell lung cancer is neuroendocrine neoplasm and origins from apud ( amine precursor uptake decarboxylation) cell.
  小细胞肺癌是神经内分泌肿瘤，起源于apud（胺前体摄取脱羧化）细胞。
• Papain-catalyzed synthesis of aspartame precursor z-apm in biphasic solvent system wasinvestigated.
  本文报道在两相溶剂体系中利用木瓜蛋白酶催化合成aspartame前体z－apm的研究。
• Cyanide can serve as precursor for the amide nitrogen of asparagine.
  氰化物可以作一个天门冬酰胺的酰胺氮前体。
• They alter the way it cleaves amyloid precursor protein.
  它们改变了这个酶切割淀粉样蛋白前体的方式。
• Real tennis, an ancient precursor of the modern game, originated in the eleventh century
  室内网球，现代网球运动的古老前身，起源于11世纪。
• This study provided a precursor of N-propionyl-D-mannosamine for the tumor-associated carbohydrate antigen.
  为肿瘤相关糖抗原提供了N-丙酰甘露糖胺前体。
• Homology analysis indicated that the protein is identical to the eggshell precursor protein of F.
  同源性分析表明该基因编码蛋白质可能具有肝片吸虫卵壳前体蛋白相似的性质和功能。
• Objective To study the effect of gypenosides on proliferation of neural precursor cells in vitro.
  目的探讨不同浓度绞股蓝皂苷对体外培养的神经前体细胞增殖能力的影响。
• This was a necessary precursor to the development of calculus and a precise quantitative science of physics.
  这是一个必要的前体的发展，微积分和精确的定量科学的物理学。
• Amphetamines is one kind of synthetic compounds whose precursor structure is amphetamine.
  苯丙胺类物质是一大类人工合成的以苯丙胺为母体的化合物。