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.- I'll come back to the land of my forebears.
我将回到祖先的土地上。
- I'll come back to the land of my forebears.
双语例句
- 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。 - They sweep the graveyard, offer sacrifices, and burn spirit money to pay respects to their forebears.
他们清扫墓地、献上祭品、焚烧纸钱,以表达对先人的敬意。 - Our success will do credit to our forebears and bring benefit to our posterity.
我们的成功将继承先贤,泽被后世。 - 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。 - An island once owned by his forebears;
曾被他的前辈占有的岛屿; - 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。 - He rejected the religion of his forebears, leaving his own parents heartbroken.
他放弃了祖宗的宗教,使他的双亲非常伤心。 - That's what drew our forebears here.
这正是吸引我们祖先之所在。 - 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。 - In the intervening centuries, my aristocratic forebears had lost their status and wealth due to drink, gambling and poor decisions.
从她往后的几个世纪里,我的贵族祖先们由于饮酒、赌博和一些糟糕的决定而失去了地位和财富。