forebears

英 [fɔːˈbeəz]

美 [ˈfɔrˌbɛrz]

n.  祖先; 祖宗
forebear的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 祖先;前辈
  Yourforebearsare your ancestors.
  1. I'll come back to the land of my forebears.
     我将回到祖先的土地上。

双语例句

• And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe& the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state, but from the hand of god.
  但是我们的祖先为之奋斗的那种革命信念现在在全世界仍然是有争论的。这个信念就是：人类的权利不是国家慷慨给予的，而是上帝的手赐予的。
• As I backed out of the river water, I wondered what my forebears would have though if they had had to put up with so many silly laws.
  我从河水中退出去的时候想，如果祖先们必须忍受那么多愚蠢的法律，不知道他们做何感想。
• All the rigid rule of his forebears, all the domination of an unjust social order, grip him.
  父辈的严峻的法规，不公平的社会制度，把他牢牢地控制住了。
• One of her forebears, the third Aegon, had seen his own mother devoured by his uncle's dragon.
  她的一个祖先，伊耿三世，亲眼看着他的母亲被他叔叔的龙吞食。
• He rejected the religion of his forebears, leaving his own parents heartbroken.
  他放弃了祖宗的宗教，使他的双亲非常伤心。
• Our success will do credit to our forebears and bring benefit to our posterity.
  我们的成功将继承先贤，泽被后世。
• Consequently, they tend to have lesser interest in the cultural heritage of their forebears.
  因此，他们一般上对先人的文化遗产不感兴趣。
• I'll come back to the land of my forebears.
  我将回到祖先的土地上。
• As Parliamentarians, you share with your forebears a fundamental role in the laws and decisions of your own age.
  作为国会议员，你分享了你的祖先中的一个根本性法律。
• I say immediate forebears, for we have lived only a few generations in Choy Hung.
  不过我家住在那里，只有数代，我们的家庙，却在东江的一个龚公村里。