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

• Our forefathers brought forth a great nation.
  我们的祖先带来了一个伟大的民族。
• He was deeply interested in them because they are the forefathers of man.
  他对它们深感兴趣，因为它们是人类的祖先。
• Our forefathers once lived in caves.
  我们的祖先曾在洞穴居住。
• 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。
• 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。
• Your forefathers ate manna and died, but he who feeds on this bread will live forever.
  吃这粮的人，就永远活着，不像你们的祖宗吃过吗哪还是死了。
• 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。
• 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。
• What we are doing today is something never dreamed of by our forefathers.
  今天我们正做的是我们的前人做梦都未想过的。
• You want to know where you came from, who your parents, who your forefathers were.
  你想知道你来自哪里，谁你的父母，谁是你的祖先。