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.- 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.
双语例句
- 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。 - This is the place where our forefathers landed.
这是我们祖先登陆的地方。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - They were determined to go back to the land of their forefathers.
他们决意回到祖先的土地上。 - Methods as old as our forefathers;
象祖辈一样的陈旧方法; - 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。 - Generation after generation, our forefathers worked hard and created a splendid culture on this land of ours.
在这块土地上,我们的祖先一代一代地辛勤劳动,创造出灿烂的文化。