['fɔ:ˌfɑ:ðə]
forefather
n. 祖先

例句与用法:

  1. Japan said on Tuesday that Peru's disgraced ex-president Alberto Fujimori has Japanese nationality, a status that allows him to stay in the land of his forefathers and probably avoid facing investigators in Peru.
    日本政府周二表示,遭到罢黜的秘鲁前总统藤森具有日本国籍,而这个身分将让他得以继续留在日本这块祖先的土地上,同时也可能让他不必回秘鲁接受调查人员的侦讯。
  2. One of his forefathers was an early settler in America.
    他的祖先之一是美洲的早期移民。

英英解释:

名词 forefather:

  1. the founder of a family
  2. 同义词:father, sire
  3. person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group