forebear

GRETOEFL畅通词汇

英 ['fɔːbeə] 美['fɔrbɛr]

释义

n. 祖先；祖宗

词态变化

复数: forebears;

中文词源

forebear 祖先

fore-,在前。be, 存在。-ar, 后缀，人。即先辈，祖先。

forebear 祖先；祖宗

fore-在forehead前额、forearm前臂和before等中都有出现，多用来指时间和空间上的前，与希腊拉丁前缀pro-和pre-等同源。而-bear部分则一不是指熊，二不是指bear动词承担；忍受等，而是be-的施动者名词，也就是说，forebear的字面意思是“one who was before”。

英文词源

forebear (n.): "ancestor," late 15c., from fore "before" + be-er "one who exists;" agent noun from be. Originally Scottish. Related: Forebears.

双语例句

1. He was a good man , but always forebear his wrath and complaint.: 他是一个老好人,善于克制自我、隐忍无奈.

2. I had much ado to forebear laughing.: 我费了很大的劲才忍住笑.

3. A person from whom one is descended , especially if more remote than a grandparent; a forebear.: 繁衍后代的人, 特别是远于祖父辈; 前辈.

4. Consider how much more frugal the poor are than we, how much better they forebear hardship.: 想想贫困的人比我们节俭多少,他们忍受困境比我们强多少.

5. Moderation: Avoid extremes. Forebear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve.: 适度: 避免极端. 克制怨恨会带来多大的伤害仅在自己一念之间.

英英释意

1. a person from whom you are descended

实用场景例句

I'll come back to the land of my forebears.: 我将回到祖先的土地上。

A person from whom one is descended , especially if more remote than a grandparent; a forebear.: 繁衍后代的人, 特别是远于祖父辈; 前辈.

He was a good man , but always forebear his wrath and complaint.: 他是一个老好人,善于克制自我、隐忍无奈.

Consider how much more frugal the poor are than we, how much better they forebear hardship.: 想想贫困的人比我们节俭多少,他们忍受困境比我们强多少.

I had much ado to forebear laughing.: 我费了很大的劲才忍住笑.

Moderation: Avoid extremes. Forebear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve.: 适度: 避免极端. 克制怨恨会带来多大的伤害仅在自己一念之间.