{83} Defects in the Drama. It should be remembered that this was written when the English drama was but twenty years old, and Shakespeare, aged about seventeen, had not yet come to London. The strongest of Shakespeare's precursors had not yet begun to write for the stage. Marlowe had not yet written; and the strength that was to come of the freedom of the English drama had yet to be shown.英文原著 · 《A Defence of Poesie and Poems》
He may well be considered the greatest star-gazer of antiquity, though he cannot, without injustice to his great precursors, be allowed the title which is sometimes given him of "father of systematic astronomy."英文原著 · 《A History of Science-1》
"But let me finish, please," I interrupted, already conscious of a slight tickling in my nose--the precursor of the tears which usually came to my eyes whenever I had to vent any long pent-up feeling. "You avoid us, and talk to no one but Mimi, as though you had no wish for our further acquaintance."英文原著 · 《Boyhood》
Leipzig, 1906. WILSON, G. Clinical Studies in Vice and Insanity. Boston. WINSLOW, R. Youthful Eccentricity a Precursor of Crime. Y., 1895. WOODS, C.英文原著 · 《Criminal Psychology》
There has been much debate in subsequent decades whether Darwin himself maintained that man was descended from the ape, and many writers have sought to deny it. But the lines I have quoted verbatim from the conclusion of the sixth chapter of the "Descent of Man" (1871) leave no doubt that he was as firmly convinced of it as was his great precursor Jean Lamarck in 1809. Moreover, Darwin adds, with particular explicitness, in the "general summary and conclusion" (chapter XXI.) of that standard work ("Descent of Man", page 930.):英文原著 · 《Darwin and Modern Science》
"And I was going to answer that there are certain secret warnings which can be received by the soul long before they are intelligible to the bodily senses-revelations not understood at first, but which later connect themselves with realities of which they are in some way the precursors. Do you agree with me, Monsieur Derues?"英文原著 · 《Derues》
But night sweats can be a precursor to bed-wetting, and that is very serious.美剧 · 《Sillicon Valley》
It's my understanding that an unsolicited gift of food can Be a precursor to an impromptu invitation to come in and chat.美剧 · 《The Big Bang Theory》
So what ms. Kellerman designed was the precursor To all modern swimsuits.美剧 · 《Ugly Betty》