1.〈正式〉祖先,祖宗,通常用复数形式
1.<formal>people belonging to your family or nation who lived a long time ago
1.not one of them will ever see the land I promised on oath to their forefathers. No one who has treated me with contempt will ever see it.
他们断不得看见我向他们的祖宗所起誓应许之地.凡藐视我的，一个也不得看见
2.Our forefathers said "the situation is moving from the heart" , and only sing a deep, beautiful, rich voice to appeal to life.
古人云“感人心者莫过于情”，只有唱出深刻、优美、富有感染力的歌声才具有生命力。
3.Then he and his children are to be released, and he will go back to his own clan and to the property of his forefathers.
到了禧年，他和他儿女要离开你，一同出去归回本家，到他祖宗的地业那里去。
4.Because they have done evil in my eyes and have provoked me to anger from the day their forefathers came out of Egypt until this day.
是因他们自从列祖出埃及直到如今，常行我眼中看为恶的事，惹动我的怒气。
5.After the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites and gives it to you, as he promised on oath to you and your forefathers.
将来，耶和华照他向你和你祖宗所起的誓将你领进迦南人之地，把这地赐给你。
6.Playing in Italy - the land of my forefathers - has always been a dream for me.
在意大利踢球，是我最想去的地方，是我的梦想。
7.Grandpa brought with him the pedophilic traits of his forefathers.
祖父带着他的祖先的恋童癖的特征。
8.but they will be like the common run of men, and the quality of our forefathers is fast disappearing.
但他们会像普通人一样，我们祖先的品质差不多都消失殆尽了。
9.You could go back to the early days of your country and see how your forefathers formed your government.
你可以回到你的国家初始阶段，看看你的祖先是怎样建立政府的。
10.Many studies have found that Generation X family men help around the house a good deal more than their forefathers.
许多研究发现，“X一代”的男性家庭成员承担的家务比他们的先辈多得多。