forefather
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英 ['fɔːfɑːðə]
美['fɔr'fɑðɚ]
释义
n. 祖先；前辈
词态变化
复数: forefathers;
近义词
英文词源
- forefather (n.)
- "ancestor," c. 1300, from fore- + father (n.); perhaps modeled on or modified from Old Norse forfaðir. Similar formation in Dutch voorvader, German Vorvater, Danish forfædre (Old English had forð-fæder).
双语例句
- 1. 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.
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- 2. 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.
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- 3. My forefather came to the USA 200 years ago.
- 我的祖先在两百年前来到美国.
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- 4. Your first forefather sinned, And your spokesmen have transgressed against Me.
- 赛43:27你的始祖犯罪 、 你的师傅违背我.
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- 5. Your God is one and your forefather ( Adam ) is one.
- 你的真主只有一位,你的祖先 ( 亚当 ) 只有一位.
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英英释意
- 1. the founder of a family;
- "keep the faith of our forefathers"
- 2. person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group;
- "our forefathers brought forth a great nation"
实用场景例句
- They were determined to go back to the land of their forefathers.
- 他们决意回到祖先的土地上。
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- 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.
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- What we are doing today is something never dreamed of by our forefather.
- 我们今天正在做的是我们祖先所不敢想的.
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- What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather, discovered in this matter?
- 2倘若亚伯拉罕是因行为称义,就有可夸的;只是在神面前并无可夸.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- My forefather came to the USA 200 years ago.
- 我的祖先在两百年前来到美国.
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- What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has found?
- 罗四1这样, 我们可说我们的祖宗亚伯拉罕照著肉体得了 什么 ?
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- We have lived in tents and have fully obeyed everything our forefather Jonadab commanded us.
- 但住帐棚,听从我们先祖约拿达的话,照他所吩咐我们的去行.
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- Your first forefather sinned, And your spokesmen have transgressed against Me.
- 赛43:27你的始祖犯罪 、 你的师傅违背我.
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- Your God is one and your forefather ( Adam ) is one.
- 你的真主只有一位,你的祖先 ( 亚当 ) 只有一位.
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- NIV We have lived in tents and have fully obeyed everything our forefather Jonadab commanded us.
- [和合]但住帐棚,听从我们先祖约拿达的话,照他所吩咐我们的去行.
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- They settled in Leshem and named it Dan after their forefather.
- 因为但人上去攻取利善,用刀击杀城中的人,得了那城,住在其中,以他们先祖但的名将利善改名为但.
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- I think Japanese can't feel that because their forefather has killed uncounted people.
- 我认为日本人不能察觉这点,是因为他们的祖先过去杀了无数的人们.
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