forefathers

英 [ˈfɔːˌfɑːðəz]

美 [ˈfɔrˌfɑðərz]

n.  祖先，祖宗(尤指男性)
forefather的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (尤指男性)祖先，先人
  Yourforefathersare your ancestors, especially your male ancestors.
  1. They were determined to go back to the land of their forefathers.
     他们决意回到祖先的土地上。

双语例句

• As my forefathers planted these for me, so I too plant these for my children.
  既然我的祖先为我栽树，我也该为我的孩子们栽些树呀。
• Today the pickpockets have overtaken their forefathers of Dickens 'time in both number and skill.
  今天，扒手在数量及技巧方面都已超过了他们在狄更斯时代的祖辈。
• Our forefathers once lived in caves.
  我们的祖先曾在洞穴居住。
• They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.
  它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。
• What we have now was built from the imagination of our forefathers.
  我们所有的一切都是建立在前人想像的基础上。
• Don't walk in your forefathers 'footprints; Seek what they sought.
  不要走先人的足迹，要寻找他们所要寻找的。
• We have lost our faith in many of the things in which our forefathers fervently believed.
  我们对自己的前辈们所笃信的许多事物丢失了信任。
• Generation after generation, our forefathers worked hard and created a splendid culture on this land of ours.
  在这块土地上，我们的祖先一代一代地辛勤劳动，创造出灿烂的文化。
• In their fear your forefathers gathered you too near together.
  出于恐惧，你们的祖先将你们聚得过近。
• We are now engaged in a great and most glorious cause, never undertaken by our forefathers.
  我们正在做我们的前人从来没有做过的极其光荣伟大的事业。