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

• 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。
• That's what drew our forebears here.
  这正是吸引我们祖先之所在。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Many of us conform to the outdated customs laid down by our forebears.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。
• My forebears were not so lucky.
  我的先辈就没这么幸运了。