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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

  • This is the place where our forefathers landed.
    这是我们祖先登陆的地方。
  • 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。
  • Don't walk in your forefathers 'footprints; Seek what they sought.
    不要走先人的足迹,要寻找他们所要寻找的。
  • The laws of our forefathers.
    我们祖先订下的法律。
  • 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。
  • 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。
  • Our forefathers brought forth a great nation.
    我们的祖先带来了一个伟大的民族。
  • 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。
  • 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 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。