forefather
英 [ˈfɔːfɑːðə(r)]
美 [ˈfɔːrfɑːðər]
n. 祖先，祖宗(尤指男性)
复数：forefathers
BNC.20275 / COCA.18671
同义词辨析
ancestorforefatherprogenitor【导航词义：祖先】
ancestorn. 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。
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。
forefathern. （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。
我们的祖先最先发明了火药。
progenitorn. 〈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。
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。
牛津词典
noun
- 祖先，祖宗（尤指男性）
a person (especially a man) in your family who lived a long time ago
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT (尤指男性)祖先，先人
Yourforefathersare 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。
- They were determined to go back to the land of their forefathers.
英英释义
noun
- the founder of a family
- keep the faith of our forefathers
- person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group
- our forefathers brought forth a great nation
双语例句
- The conspectus: across-the-board summarize and generalize forefather's research on the poesy and poetics theory of B.
导论，全面总结和概括了前人对巴·布林贝赫诗歌和诗学理论的研究情况。 - This paper attempts to study the old man of the wilderness in American literature so as to reveal the American national cultural psychology in constructing the image of their forefather and thus establishing their own identity.
本文通过对美国文学中荒野老人形象的研究，试图揭示美利坚民族建构父亲形象、确立自我身份的民族文化心理。 - Like his forefather, Benny had the ability to foresee the future.
像他的祖先一样，本尼有能力预知将来。 - Whatever happens, Tyrion and his twin, teclis, suffer under the curse of their forefather, brought down upon the family when Aenarion drew khaine's blade to fight the forces of chaos.
不管怎样，泰瑞欧和他的双胞胎弟弟泰欧斯都要经历他们祖先的磨难，这是阿纳瑞欧挥动盖恩之剑与混乱力量战斗时带给家族的。 - John Donne is highly reputed as the forefather of the seventeenth century metaphysical school in England.
约翰·邓恩（JohnDonne）被誉为17世纪英国玄学诗派的鼻祖。 - 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。 - It was said the forefather of the human being is ape.
据说人类的祖先是猿。 - In the reign of King John one of them was rich enough to give a manor to the Knights Hospitallers; and in Edward the Second's time your forefather Brian was summoned to Westminster to attend the great Council there.
在约翰王时代，他们的分支中有一支很富有，曾给救护骑士团赠送了一份采地；在爱德华二世时代，你的祖先布里恩也应召到威斯敏斯特参加过大议会。 - But unlike their forefather Abraham Lincoln, who set out to deliberately hurt some feelings, modern US presidents have taken extreme care not to offend any sensibilities with their Christmas message.
当年，林肯的出发点是故意伤害一部分人的感情，现在的美国总统们不会这样做，他们非常小心谨慎，不希望自己的圣诞祝词会冒犯任何人。 - 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。