forefather

美 [ˈfɔːrfɑːðər]英 [ˈfɔːfɑːðə(r)]
  • n.祖先,祖宗(尤指男性)

复数: forefathers

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noun

usually pl.祖先,祖宗(尤指男性)
a person (especially a man) in your family who lived a long time ago

ancestor

forefather

频次

  • 1
    N-COUNT (尤指男性)祖先,先人
    Your forefathers are your ancestors, especially your male ancestors.

    They were determined to go back to the land of their forefathers.

    他们决意回到祖先的土地上。

noun

1
the founder of a family
keep the faith of our forefathers
Synonym: father sire
2
person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group
our forefathers brought forth a great nation

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  1. What we are doing today is something never dreamed of by our forefather .

    我们今天正在做的是我们祖先所不敢想的。

  2. Your God is one and your forefather is one .

    你的真主只有一位,你的祖先只有一位。

  3. They were determined to go back to the land of their forefathers .

    他们决意回到祖先的土地上。

  4. Our forefathers were the first to invent gunpowder .

    我们的祖先最先发明了火药。

  5. From ancient times our forefathers have laboured , lived and multiplied on this land .

    自古以来,我们的祖先就劳动、生息、繁衍在这块土地上。

  6. 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。

  7. 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。

  8. These are the customs of forefather hand down to us .

    这些都是先辈传给你们的习俗。

  9. All of us bristled at the lawyer 's speech insulting our forefathers .

    听到那个律师在讲演中污蔑我们的祖先,大家都气得怒发冲冠

  10. For leaders of a country , they , while inheriting the historical achievements made by their forefathers , also need to shoulder the historical responsibilities for crimes committed in the past .

    对于一个国家的领导人来说,不仅要继承前人所创造的成就,也应该担负起前人的罪行所带来的历史责任。

  11. This is our custom and our forefathers introduced this system .

    这是我们的习惯和我们的先辈介绍了这一系统。

  12. We forefathers would never have come had your mother not called .

    你妈要是不呼招的话,我们这些列祖列宗们是不会在这里的。

  13. This is not well , said the Forefathers to each other .

    这不是很好,说祖先给对方。

  14. My forefathers had had it in the United States for many , many years .

    我的先辈们在美国曾受过许多年这样的侮辱。

  15. Our forefathers have handed a rich national culture down to us .

    我们的祖先给我们传下来丰富多彩的民族文化。

  16. In modern society , still there are great number of Chinese men follow their forefathers .

    到了现代社会,还是有为数不少的中国男人继承着老祖宗的“遗志”。

  17. One may regret to have lost the simplicity of one 's forefathers .

    人们失去了他们先辈的朴实,他们应该为此而感到懊丧。

  18. our forefathers brought forth from this continent a new nation ,

    我们的先辈在这个大陆上创建了新的国家

  19. Do not move an ancient boundary stone set up by your forefathers .

    你先祖所立的地界,你不可挪移。

  20. Stories that came down to us from our forefathers .

    祖祖辈辈传下来的故事。

  21. One also owes gratitude for the knowledge of life experience received from the forefathers .

    我们还应该为了祖先给我们留下来的人生经验向他们表达感恩。

  22. Enough about our forefathers , let 's learn about some revolutionary women !

    受够了先父来国父去,我们该来了解那些革命的女人们!

  23. Young and old would crowd into one small boat handed down by their forefathers .

    过去一家老小常常挤在祖辈留下来的一条小船上。

  24. Based on forefather educators'theory , the dissertation mainly studies how to use the problem teaching method in middle school .

    本文在借鉴前人的基础上,主要探讨在初中语文阅读教学中如何应用问题教学法。

  25. It is the experience of our forefathers , however it is correct in many case even today .

    这是我们老祖先的实践经验,但它在在今天很多时候任然适用。

  26. 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。

  27. 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。

  28. Methods as old as our forefathers ;

    象祖辈一样的陈旧方法;

  29. What did our forefathers use for farming tools ?

    我们的祖先把什么当作农具使用?

  30. Our forefathers brought forth a great nation .

    我们的祖先带来了一个伟大的民族。

ancestor forefather progenitor 【导航词义:祖先】
ancestor v. 祖先,祖宗
〔辨析〕

用在谱系或历史书中,强调带有父系或母系嫡系血缘关系,是比祖父母更早的家族成员,无性别之分,女性祖先则常用 ancestress。

〔例证〕

His ancestors came from France.

他的先祖来自法国。

My ancestors have lived on this farm for many generations.

我的祖先已在这个农场生活了好几代。

forefather v. (尤指男性的)祖先,祖宗
〔辨析〕

主要用于正式文体或文学作品,较少用于日常生活或历史书中。

〔例证〕

Our forefathers were the first to invent gunpowder.

我们的祖先最先发明了火药。

progenitor v. 〈正式〉(人或动物的)祖先;先驱
〔辨析〕

不强调血缘关系,也不带家族或种族色彩,只强调遗传性;还可引申指某种观念等的创始者。

〔例证〕

You must do much better than your progenitors.

你一定要比你祖先做得更好。

He is a progenitor of cubism.

他是立体派的创始人。