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n.祖先¹⁰⁰原型forefather的复数
名词 forefather:
the founder of a familyperson from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group
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用作名词One of hisforefathersemigrated to Australia.他的一位祖先移居澳洲。
Ourforefathersonce lived in caves.我们的祖先曾在洞穴居住。noun.ancestor
同义词 antecedent,ascendant,patriarch,precursor,predecessor,primogenitor,progenitorforebearer,procreator A renewal of America's respect for constitution and law would be welcome at home as well as abroad. George the Second disdained the rules of governance established by his forefathers.
美国重新尊重宪法和法律可能会在国内外受到欢迎，布什是第二个藐视他祖先所订立的统治法则的总统。 ecocn
As I walked along the river towards the ford, I thought about my forefathers.
我一边沿着河边朝浅滩走去，一边想我的祖先们。 ebigear
But he brought us out from there to bring us in and give us the land that he promised on oath to our forefathers.
将我们从那里领出来，要领我们进入他向我们列祖起誓应许之地，把这地赐给我们。 ebigear
They were left to test the Israelites to see whether they would obey the LORD'S commands, which he had given their forefathers through Moses.
留下这几族，为要试验以色列人，知道他们肯听从耶和华借摩西吩咐他们列祖的诫命不肯。 ebigear
“That is what my forefathers have been doing,” says Mohammad Ilisasuddin in Shibganj, in northern Bangladesh, but now“the weather does not seem right for what we have done traditionally.”
孟加拉国北部 Shibganj 村 Mohammad Ilisasuddin说，“我的祖先就是这么耕种 ，”可现在“ 老天对我们传统耕作方式好像老是从中作梗 。” ecocn
Do not move an ancient boundary stone set up by your forefathers.
你先祖所立的地界，你不可挪移。 ebigear
From ancient times our forefathers have laboured, lived and multiplied on this land.
自古以来，我们的祖先就劳动、生息、繁衍在这块土地上。《新英汉大辞典》
He will uproot Israel from this good land that he gave to their forefathers and scatter them beyond the River, because they provoked the Lord to anger by making Asherah poles.
又将他们从耶和华赐给他们列祖的美地上拔出来，分散在大河那边。因为他们作木偶，惹耶和华发怒。 ebigear
How many spirited young men and pretty women ate in the morning with their family and friends, and by evening were supping with their forefathers.
多少俊男靓女早上还和家人朋友共进早餐，晚上却已经在和他们的祖先一起用晚餐了。 yeeyan
I wonder what our forefathers were thinking when they entrusted the whole American enterprise to a bunch of illiterate farmers.
当我们的祖先把美国全部事业托付给一批目不识丁的农民时，我怀疑他们在想什么。 yeeyan
If you pay attention to these laws and are careful to follow them, then the LORD your God will keep his covenant of love with you, as he swore to your forefathers.
你们果然听从这些典章，谨守遵行，耶和华你神就必照他向你列祖所起的誓守约，施慈爱。 ebigear
In their fear your forefathers gathered you too near together.
出于恐惧，你们的祖先将你们聚得过近。 hxen
In a rousing rendition of the national anthem, they sang, “ For the country, for our forefathers, let us march united.”
在振奋的国歌伴奏声中，他们唱道：“为我们的国家，为我们的先祖，让我们团结在一起向前迈进。” yeeyan
In traditional Maori practice, the heads of one's forefathers, often tattooed to the bone of the skull, were kept as totems honoring their spirits.
按毛利人的传统做法，他们会把祖先们的颅骨刺青，并作为他们的精神图腾保管。 yeeyan
No one can stop what our fathers and forefathers have done for thousands of years.
没有人能够阻止我们父亲和祖先在几千年前所做的。 yeeyan
Student A: Can you tell me how our forefathers lived without electricity, radio, TV and Internet in the ancient time?
学生甲：你说说看，远古的时候既没有电、收音机，也没有电视和互联网，我们的祖先怎么活的啊？ www.chinadaily.com.cn
The American ought therefore to love this country much better than that wherein either he or his forefathers were born.
因此，美国人应当爱这个国家，胜过爱那个他自己或他的祖先出生的国家。 usinfo
The LORD gave them rest on every side, just as he had sworn to their forefathers.
耶和华照着向他们列祖起誓所应许的一切话，使他们四境平安。 ebigear
We are now engaged in a great and most glorious cause, never undertaken by our forefathers.
我们正在做我们的前人从来没有做过的极其光荣伟大的事业。《新英汉大辞典》
Yet the LORD set his affection on your forefathers and loved them, and he chose you, their descendants, above all the nations, as it is today.
耶和华但喜悦你的列祖，爱他们，从万民中拣选他们的后裔，就是你们，像今日一样。 ebigear
You could go back to the early days of your country and see how your forefathers formed your government.
你可以回到你的国家初始阶段，看看你的祖先是怎样建立政府的。 yeeyan
Your forefathers ate manna and died, but he who feeds on this bread will live forever.
吃这粮的人，就永远活着，不像你们的祖宗吃过吗哪还是死了。 ebigear
Your forefathers who went down into Egypt were seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.
你的列祖七十人下埃及。现在耶和华你的神使你如同天上的星那样多。 ebigear |