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

• 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。
• 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。
• Many of us conform to the outdated customs laid down by our forebears.
  我们许多人都遵循祖先立下的过时习俗。
• And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe& the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state, but from the hand of god.
  但是我们的祖先为之奋斗的那种革命信念现在在全世界仍然是有争论的。这个信念就是：人类的权利不是国家慷慨给予的，而是上帝的手赐予的。
• So professional footballers seem to recreate the intense emotions in some fans that tribal warfare aroused in their forebears.
  所以，职业足球选手似乎能对一些球迷再现当年部落战争对他们的祖先所产生的那种紧张情绪。
• My forebears were not so lucky.
  我的先辈就没这么幸运了。
• 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。
• I'll come back to the land of my forebears.
  我将回到祖先的土地上。
• 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。
• 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。