英语释义

• person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group;

  "our forefathers brought forth a great nation"

• the founder of a family;

  "keep the faith of our forefathers"

片语

family forefather adoration家祖崇拜

father发明，创立；当…的父亲

a forefather祖辈

ancestors forefather forebears指家族较早的先辈

forefather worship祖先崇拜

forefather r祖先

forefather progenity演化成现代生物的古代生物

foresee foresee forefather forenoon预见

root生根，固定；根源在于

英汉例句

• 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。

• 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。

• john locke is the forefather of the doctrine of western liberalism . his theory of liberty is embodied in his thought of natural law, natural right and social contract.

  洛克作为西方自由主义学说的始祖，其自由理论体现在他的自然法、自然权利、社会契约理论中。

• his forefather was abducted to america two centuries ago.

  他的祖先是两百年前被绑架到美洲的。

• they named it dan after their forefather dan, who was born to israel--though the city used to be called laish.

  照着他们始祖以色列之子但的名字，给那城起名叫但。原先那城名叫拉亿。

• 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。

• he committed all the sins his father had done before him; his heart was not fully devoted to the lord his god, as the heart of david his forefather had been.

  亚比央行他父亲在他以前所行的一切恶，他的心不像他祖大卫的心，诚诚实实地顺服耶和华他的神。

• 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。

• but unlike their forefather abraham lincoln, who set out to deliberately hurt some feelings, modern us presidents have taken extreme care not to offend any sensibilities with their christmas message.

  当年，林肯的出发点是故意伤害一部分人的感情，现在的美国总统们不会这样做，他们非常小心谨慎，不希望自己的圣诞祝词会冒犯任何人。

• avenge the slain forefather by vanquishing major duke.

  报复杀害的祖先主要由击败杜克。

• my forefather came to the usa 200 years ago.

  我的祖先在两百年前来到美国。

• as one of the representations of english empiricism and the forefather of modern experimental science, francis bacon」s view of language always is neglected.

  培根是英国经验主义的代表人物和现代实验科学的奠基人。但是对他语言观的研究却一直被人们忽视。

• wasn't it my forefather of sagittarius?

  难道是我人马座的祖先吗？

• 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.

  早在1937年罗纳德?科斯便首次提出了这个问题，这位1991年度诺贝尔经济学奖得主也是今年两位获奖者的精神导师。

• in fact, the forefather of chen rooted from hugongman, so it was imaginable.

  事实上南朝陈政权的祖先在很大程度上就是胡公满，因而他的祭祀合情合理。

相似词

ancestor始祖，祖先；被继承人

progenitor祖先；原着；起源

forebear祖先；祖宗

predecessor前任，前辈

parent(Parent)人名；(法)帕朗；(英、西)帕伦特

forebear祖先；祖宗

predecessor前任，前辈

ancestor始祖，祖先；被继承人

相反词

descendant下降的；祖传的