The precursor of the modern car was a horseless carriage with a petrol engine.
现代汽车的前身是不用马拉的，装有汽油发动机的车子。
Opposition by colonists to unfair taxation by the British was a precursor of the Revolution.
殖民地居民对英国不公正税收的反抗预示着革命的到来
British poet considered a precursor of romanticism. His best-known work, The Task(1785), praises rural life and leisure.
科伯，威廉1731－1800英国诗人，被认为是浪漫主义的先锋。他的最杰出的作品任务赞美了农村生活和休闲
