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

• I have always said, and our forefathers told us this, that the greatest threat to the people is always government.
  我曾一直在说，而我们的前辈们告诉我们这个，对人民最大的威胁永远是政府。
• 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。
• 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。
• They were determined to go back to the land of their forefathers.
  他们决意回到祖先的土地上。
• 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。
• They retain the religion of their forefathers. I have never questioned that.
  他们保留着祖辈的信仰，我从未怀疑过。
• 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。
• It is true I am Shawnee. My forefathers were warriors. Their son is a warrior.
  确实，我是萧尼族人，我的祖先都是战士。他们的子孙也是战士。
• He went to visit the graves of his forefathers.
  他去拜谒他祖先的墓地。
• Methods as old as our forefathers;
  象祖辈一样的陈旧方法；