King George III, who had begun his reign in 1760, was resolved to be much more of a king than his two German predecessors. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
And truly is he so spoken of, said the Grand Master; in our valour only we are not degenerated from our predecessors, the heroes of the Cross. 沃尔特·司各特.艾凡赫.
In connection with this problem it is interesting to note that this question of high speed was apparently regarded by all Edison's predecessors as the crucial point. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.
Thus educated, they will invent for themselves any lesser rules which their predecessors have altogether neglected. 柏拉图.理想国.
They have succeeded to the organisation which their predecessors established in this country. 威尔基·柯林斯.月亮宝石.
You know he has nothing to recommend him but money and a ridiculous roll of addle-headed predecessors; now, don't you? 查尔斯·狄更斯.远大前程.
Each new generation would simply have repeated its predecessors' existence. 约翰·杜威.民主与教育.
Bell took up immediately and energetically the idea that his two predecessors had dropped--and reached the goal. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.
It may be stated as broadly true that Edison engineered to handle immense masses of stuff automatically, while his predecessors aimed chiefly at close separation. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.
He was no early convert as his two predecessors had been; he had joined the Prophet for reasons of policy in fair give and take. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
He may have learnt this custom from his Iberian neighbours and predecessors. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
But who amongst us is optimistic enough to hope that the men who sit in the mighty positions are going to make a better show of themselves than their predecessors did over the trust problem? 沃尔特·李普曼.政治序论.
This time diagram again is on a larger scale than its predecessors. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
At length, just before my departure, he told me he had, on better consideration, concluded not to mix his accounts with those of his predecessors. 本杰明·富兰克林.富兰克林自传.