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

• Our forefathers once lived in caves.
  我们的祖先曾在洞穴居住。
• We didn't betray the forefathers.
  我们没有背叛我们的祖先。
• The laws of our forefathers.
  我们祖先订下的法律。
• 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。
• It is true I am Shawnee. My forefathers were warriors. Their son is a warrior.
  确实，我是萧尼族人，我的祖先都是战士。他们的子孙也是战士。
• As I walked along the river towards the ford, I thought about my forefathers.
  我一边沿着河边朝浅滩走去，一边想我的祖先们。
• Our forefathers have handed a rich national culture down to us.
  我们的祖先给我们传下来丰富多彩的民族文化。
• 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。
• He went to visit the graves of his forefathers.
  他去拜谒他祖先的墓地。
• I have always said, and our forefathers told us this, that the greatest threat to the people is always government.
  我曾一直在说，而我们的前辈们告诉我们这个，对人民最大的威胁永远是政府。