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forefather [ˈfɔ:rfɑ:ðə(r)]

n. 祖先，祖宗;
复数：: forefathers
[同义词] 祖先,祖宗;前辈: ancestor progenitor forebear predecessor
[反义词] 祖先;前辈: descendant

例句:

  • These are the customs of forefather hand down to us.
    你带外教看过婚俗表演,你说,这都是先辈传给你们的习俗.
  • 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.
  • My forefather came to the USA 200 years ago.
    我的祖先在两百年前来到美国.
  • Unlike their L.A. gangsta rap forefather Ice-T, N.
    来自NPR
  • But Patagonia's forefather isn't quite done with Patagonia yet.
    来自WSJ
  • "Form ever follows function," said Louis Sullivan, the visionary Chicago architect who was a forefather of the Bauhaus.
    来自WSJ