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forefather

英 [ˈfɔ:fɑ:ðə(r)]

美 [ˈfɔ:rfɑ:ðə(r)]

n.祖先;先辈

第三人称复数:forefathers

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noun

1. the founder of a family

e.g. keep the faith of our forefathers

Synonym: fathersire

2. person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group

e.g. our forefathers brought forth a great nation

1. (尤指男性)祖先,先人
Your forefathers are your ancestors, especially your male ancestors.

e.g. They were determined to go back to the land of their forefathers.
他们决意回到祖先的土地上。

1. forefather

1. 祖先:foredoom 事先注定 | forefather 祖先 | forefront 最重要的地方,最前锋之位置

2. 前人,祖先:forebode预兆;凶兆; | forefather前人,祖先; | forearm前人,祖先;

3. forefather的解释

3. 前人:foredune ==> 水边低沙丘 | forefather ==> 前人 | forefeel ==> 预感

4. (常用复数)祖先:forecast 预测,预报;预示 | forefather (常用复数)祖先 | forehead 额头,前部

  • 经典引文

  • Modern man has far more knowledge..than his forefathers had.

    出自:J. W. Krutch
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Like his forefather, Benny had the ability to foresee the future.(像他的祖先一样,本尼有能力预知将来。)
Leibniz was an inventor of the calculus and a forefather of modern mathematical logic.(莱布尼茨是一个发明家的演算以及祖先的现代数理逻辑。)
Around Xian, the Famen temple enjoys the reputation of being the 'forefather of pagodas and temples in Central Shaanxi,' because it holds the finger bones of Sakyamuni — the founder of Buddhism.(围绕西安,陕西中部的法门寺是享有声誉的佛塔和寺庙的祖先,是因为它拥有佛教的创始人释迦牟尼佛的手指骨。)
It is a well - fixed ground 's time and investigated folk custom where the native people love the traditional culture left by forefather, thereby the tradition has a good survival space there.(这是一片已经富裕起来的土地,当地的人们热爱祖先留下来的传统文化,所以能够使得传统在这片土地上有较好的生存空间。)
But they replied, 'We do not drink wine, because our forefather Jonadab son of Recab gave us this command:' Neither you nor your descendants must ever drink wine.(但他们说:“我们不喝酒,因为我们的祖先利甲的儿子约拿达曾吩咐我们说:你们和你们的子孙永远都不可喝酒。”)
The technical term for an evolutionary throwback is an "atavism", from the Latin atavus, meaning forefather.(“进化返祖”的专业术语是“atavism”,源自拉丁语的“atavus”,意为祖先。)
In spite of all these problems we will not go back to lead the life our forefather led.(尽管有这些问题,我们也决不会再去过我们的祖先所过的生活。)
This question was first addressed in 1937 by Ronald Coase, the winner of the 1991 Nobel prize for economics and the intellectual forefather of both of this year's winners.(这个问题第一次由RonaldCoase在1937年提出,他是1991年的诺贝尔经济学奖的获得者并且其聪明的祖先同为这一届的获奖者。)
Daoxuan was the forefather of the Vinaya school of the southern mountain who wrote many Buddhism works.(道宣是南山律宗开山之祖,著有多部佛学著作。)
Avenge the slain forefather by vanquishing Major Duke.(报复杀害的祖先主要由击败杜克。)
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