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

• We are now engaged in a great and most glorious cause, never undertaken by our forefathers.
  我们正在做我们的前人从来没有做过的极其光荣伟大的事业。
• 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。
• 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。
• The laws of our forefathers.
  我们祖先订下的法律。
• He went to visit the graves of his forefathers.
  他去拜谒他祖先的墓地。
• Our forefathers once lived in caves.
  我们的祖先曾在洞穴居住。
• 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。
• 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。
• This is the place where our forefathers landed.
  这是我们祖先登陆的地方。
• We didn't betray the forefathers.
  我们没有背叛我们的祖先。