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

• Even the bravest of your forebears kept his Kingsguard close about him in times of peril.
  就算你祖先里最勇猛的人也知道危险的时候不离铁卫。
• The rule of the last great Mongol leader was a complete contrast to the destruction and massacres carried out by his forebears.
  蒙古最后一位大首领的治国方针，与其祖先所推行的毁灭和屠杀政策形成了鲜明的对照。
• An island once owned by his forebears;
  曾被他的前辈占有的岛屿；
• Her mother's forebears had come out of Britain by way perhaps of Connecticut generations back, and her father's forbears ultimately out of Holland.
  她母亲的祖先来自英国，在来到俄亥俄之前可能在康涅狄格生活了好几代，而她父亲的先祖则来自荷兰。
• When our forebears still lived in caves, the senses were essential survival tools.
  我们的祖先生活在洞穴中的时候，感觉器官是他们最基本的生存工具。
• The mountain Lapps depend on their reindeer for a livelihood, much as their forebears did more than a thousand years ago, and cling to many age-old customs in their seasonal pursuit of pasturelands.
  拉普兰山里人和他们一千多年前的祖先一样，靠他们的驯鹿谋生，坚持着古老的游牧生活的习俗。
• 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。
• So long as men remember the wrongs done to their forebears, no peace will ever last.
  只要人们还记得先辈曾遭受的不幸，和平就不会持久。
• They sweep the graveyard, offer sacrifices, and burn spirit money to pay respects to their forebears.
  他们清扫墓地、献上祭品、焚烧纸钱，以表达对先人的敬意。
• That's what drew our forebears here.
  这正是吸引我们祖先之所在。