漫画搞定六级词汇(音频+文本) 第15期

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concede vt. 勉强，承认，退让vi. 让步

例句：The candidate conceded that he had lost the national election.

这位候选人承认他已经在全国竞选中失败。

concession¹ n. 让步

例句：Donald said that he could not make concession which is outside theregulation.

唐纳德不能作出越规的让步。

precede v. 领先（于），在……之前，先于

例句：Edward preceded his speech with a few words of welcome the specialguests.

爱德华在演讲之前先说了几句对特邀来宾表示欢迎的话。

predecessor² n. 前辈，前任，（被取代的）原有事物

例句：He is working hard to learn from his predecessors³.

他正努力向他的前辈学习。

preceding adj. 在前的，前述的

例句：Bob highly appreciate the preceding man' s precious preciseexercise.

鲍伯高度欣赏前面那个人可贵的精确演练。

1 concession   

n.让步，妥协；特许(权)

参考例句：

• We can not make heavy concession to the matter.我们在这个问题上不能过于让步。
• That is a great concession.这是很大的让步。

2 predecessor   

n.前辈，前任

参考例句：

• It will share the fate of its predecessor.它将遭受与前者同样的命运。
• The new ambassador is more mature than his predecessor.新大使比他的前任更成熟一些。

3 predecessors   

n.前任( predecessor的名词复数 )；前辈；（被取代的）原有事物；前身

参考例句：

• The new government set about dismantling their predecessors' legislation. 新政府正着手废除其前任所制定的法律。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Will new plan be any more acceptable than its predecessors? 新计划比原先的计划更能令人满意吗？ 来自《简明英汉词典》