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.- 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 were determined to go back to the land of their forefathers.
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - We have lost our faith in many of the things in which our forefathers fervently believed.
我们对自己的前辈们所笃信的许多事物丢失了信任。 - He was deeply interested in them because they are the forefathers of man.
他对它们深感兴趣,因为它们是人类的祖先。 - This is the place where our forefathers landed.
这是我们祖先登陆的地方。 - 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。 - We didn't betray the forefathers.
我们没有背叛我们的祖先。 - 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。 - The laws of our forefathers.
我们祖先订下的法律。