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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

  • Even the bravest of your forebears kept his Kingsguard close about him in times of peril.
    就算你祖先里最勇猛的人也知道危险的时候不离铁卫。
  • 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。
  • Her mother's forebears had come out of Britain by way perhaps of Connecticut generations back, and her father's forbears ultimately out of Holland.
    她母亲的祖先来自英国,在来到俄亥俄之前可能在康涅狄格生活了好几代,而她父亲的先祖则来自荷兰。
  • I'll come back to the land of my forebears.
    我将回到祖先的土地上。
  • 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。
  • Although Napoleon was Corsican, he is considered by most modern Frenchmen to have been French as their own forebears.
    尽管拿破仑是科西嘉人,但今天大多数的法国人仍然认为,作为他们的祖先,他是法国人。
  • 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。
  • Consequently, they tend to have lesser interest in the cultural heritage of their forebears.
    因此,他们一般上对先人的文化遗产不感兴趣。
  • Until shortly after World War I, most of these workers were either immigrants or their immediate descendants who came to America from europe, or African Americans whose forebears were brought to the Americas as slaves.
    直到第一次世界大战后不久,这些工人大多数是从欧洲来的移民或他们的子女,或者是美国黑人,他们的祖先是从非洲贩运来的奴隶。
  • So long as men remember the wrongs done to their forebears, no peace will ever last.
    只要人们还记得先辈曾遭受的不幸,和平就不会持久。