forefather
英 [ˈfɔːfɑːðə(r)]
美 [ˈfɔːrfɑːðər]
n. 祖先，祖宗(尤指男性)
复数：forefathers
BNC.20275 / COCA.18671
同义词辨析
ancestorforefatherprogenitor【导航词义：祖先】
ancestorn. 祖先，祖宗
〔辨析〕
用在谱系或历史书中，强调带有父系或母系嫡系血缘关系，是比祖父母更早的家族成员，无性别之分，女性祖先则常用 ancestress。
〔例证〕
His ancestors came from France.
他的先祖来自法国。
My ancestors have lived on this farm for many generations.
我的祖先已在这个农场生活了好几代。
他的先祖来自法国。
My ancestors have lived on this farm for many generations.
我的祖先已在这个农场生活了好几代。
forefathern. （尤指男性的）祖先，祖宗
〔辨析〕
主要用于正式文体或文学作品，较少用于日常生活或历史书中。
〔例证〕
Our forefathers were the first to invent gunpowder.
我们的祖先最先发明了火药。
我们的祖先最先发明了火药。
progenitorn. 〈正式〉（人或动物的）祖先；先驱
〔辨析〕
不强调血缘关系，也不带家族或种族色彩，只强调遗传性；还可引申指某种观念等的创始者。
〔例证〕
You must do much better than your progenitors.
你一定要比你祖先做得更好。
He is a progenitor of cubism.
他是立体派的创始人。
你一定要比你祖先做得更好。
He is a progenitor of cubism.
他是立体派的创始人。
牛津词典
noun
- 祖先，祖宗（尤指男性）
a person (especially a man) in your family who lived a long time ago
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT (尤指男性)祖先，先人
Yourforefathersare your ancestors, especially your male ancestors.- They were determined to go back to the land of their forefathers.
他们决意回到祖先的土地上。
- They were determined to go back to the land of their forefathers.
英英释义
noun
- the founder of a family
- keep the faith of our forefathers
- person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group
- our forefathers brought forth a great nation
双语例句
- 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。 - They were determined to go back to the land of their forefathers.
他们决意回到祖先的土地上。 - It was said the forefather of the human being is ape.
据说人类的祖先是猿。 - In the reign of King John one of them was rich enough to give a manor to the Knights Hospitallers; and in Edward the Second's time your forefather Brian was summoned to Westminster to attend the great Council there.
在约翰王时代，他们的分支中有一支很富有，曾给救护骑士团赠送了一份采地；在爱德华二世时代，你的祖先布里恩也应召到威斯敏斯特参加过大议会。 - Based on forefather educators'theory, the dissertation mainly studies how to use the problem teaching method in middle school.
本文在借鉴前人的基础上，主要探讨在初中语文阅读教学中如何应用问题教学法。 - Rom.4:1 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？ - Wasn't it my forefather of Sagittarius?
难道是我人马座的祖先吗？ - This paper integrates the western consumption theory to the special background of economy transition period, analyses the western consumption theory's suitability and feasibility in China, and draws the conclusion different from forefather's research.
本文正是基于经济转型期这个特殊背景，结合经济转型期的特点分析西方消费理论在研究我国居民消费行为过程中的适用性及可行性，得出了与前人研究不同的结论。 - 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。 - 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。