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

• Chinese are born lovers of things left behind by their forebears, things left behind by their forebears, regardless of political or religious beliefs. There are many moving stories of Chinese people protecting cultural relics during war times.
  中国人自古以来就非常珍视祖先的遗物，这份珍视超越了政治立场和宗教派别，涌现出很多国人于战火中保护文物的动人故事。
• In the intervening centuries, my aristocratic forebears had lost their status and wealth due to drink, gambling and poor decisions.
  从她往后的几个世纪里，我的贵族祖先们由于饮酒、赌博和一些糟糕的决定而失去了地位和财富。
• As Parliamentarians, you share with your forebears a fundamental role in the laws and decisions of your own age.
  作为国会议员，你分享了你的祖先中的一个根本性法律。
• He had concluded on Robben Island that when in power he should adopt the consensual politics of his forebears 'royal household.
  曼德拉在罗本岛监狱时就断定，如果能够掌握权力，他应该采用他的王室祖先实行的共识政治。
• 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。
• An island once owned by his forebears;
  曾被他的前辈占有的岛屿；
• 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。
• All the rigid rule of his forebears, all the domination of an unjust social order, grip him.
  父辈的严峻的法规，不公平的社会制度，把他牢牢地控制住了。
• My early forebears were simple farmers.
  我早期的祖先们是淳朴的农民。
• One of her forebears, the third Aegon, had seen his own mother devoured by his uncle's dragon.
  她的一个祖先，伊耿三世，亲眼看着他的母亲被他叔叔的龙吞食。