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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 I walked along the river towards the ford, I thought about my forefathers.
  我一边沿着河边朝浅滩走去，一边想我的祖先们。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。