A-A+
Jim the newly elected director had to reorga
问题详情
Jim, the newly elected director, had to reorganize the entire office; he angrily complained of his _________, who had been so incompetent that everything was left in a mess.
A．successor
B．ancestor
C．predecessor
D．forerunner请帮忙给出正确答案和分析，谢谢！
参考答案
正确答案：C
解析：名词辨义。successor意为“继承者，接任者”，如：appointasuccessortoaheadmaster(任命校长继承人)；ancestor意为“祖先”，如：MyancestorscamefromItalian．(我的祖先是意大利人。)predecessor意为“前任”，如：Ournewdoctorismuchyoungerthanhispredecessor．(我们的新医生比他的前任年轻多了。)forerunner意为“先驱，先导”，如：Thealchemistsweretheforerunnersofthescientistsoftoday．(炼金术士是今日科学家的先驱。)根据题意，应选C)。
