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

• Today the pickpockets have overtaken their forefathers of Dickens 'time in both number and skill.
  今天，扒手在数量及技巧方面都已超过了他们在狄更斯时代的祖辈。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He went to visit the graves of his forefathers.
  他去拜谒他祖先的墓地。
• 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。
• 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。
• We didn't betray the forefathers.
  我们没有背叛我们的祖先。
• Our forefathers brought forth a great nation.
  我们的祖先带来了一个伟大的民族。
• This is the place where our forefathers landed.
  这是我们祖先登陆的地方。