Translation of "forerunner" into Chinese

It is an influential educational and cultural center and is a forerunner of other universities in Tatarstan.

这所大学是个重要的教育及文化中心,是鞑靼斯坦其他大学的先驱。

According to various sources, the forerunners of the modern necktie appeared in England and France in the latter part of the 16th century.

据说在16世纪后期,英国和法国开始出现一些打摩登领带的前驱。

But it was the early Greeks who drew the charts that were the forerunners of modern maps.

可是,早期的希腊人所绘制的图表才是现代地图的先导。