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

• In their fear your forefathers gathered you too near together.
  出于恐惧，你们的祖先将你们聚得过近。
• 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。
• In modern society, still there are great number of Chinese men follow their forefathers.
  到了现代社会，还是有为数不少的中国男人继承着老祖宗的“遗志”。
• 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。
• From ancient times our forefathers have laboured, lived and multiplied on this land.
  自古以来，我们的祖先就劳动、生息、繁衍在这块土地上。
• 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 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。
• Don't walk in your forefathers 'footprints; Seek what they sought.
  不要走先人的足迹，要寻找他们所要寻找的。
• 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。
• 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。