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 professional footballers seem to recreate the intense emotions in some fans that tribal warfare aroused in their forebears.
所以,职业足球选手似乎能对一些球迷再现当年部落战争对他们的祖先所产生的那种紧张情绪。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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从她往后的几个世纪里,我的贵族祖先们由于饮酒、赌博和一些糟糕的决定而失去了地位和财富。 - Many of us conform to the outdated customs laid down by our forebears.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。 - An island once owned by his forebears;
曾被他的前辈占有的岛屿; - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。