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

• What we are doing today is something never dreamed of by our forefathers.
  今天我们正做的是我们的前人做梦都未想过的。
• 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。
• 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。
• We didn't betray the forefathers.
  我们没有背叛我们的祖先。
• 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。
• He went to visit the graves of his forefathers.
  他去拜谒他祖先的墓地。
• Methods as old as our forefathers;
  象祖辈一样的陈旧方法；
• 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。
• 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 are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.
  它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。