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 have now was built from the imagination of our forefathers.
  我们所有的一切都是建立在前人想像的基础上。
• 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。
• He went to visit the graves of his forefathers.
  他去拜谒他祖先的墓地。
• The laws of our forefathers.
  我们祖先订下的法律。
• 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。
• Our forefathers once lived in caves.
  我们的祖先曾在洞穴居住。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。