n.祖先，祖宗( forebear的名词复数 )

trade of one's forebears → 旧业
ancestors forebears → 祖先
ancestors forefather forebears → 指家族较早的先辈
Forebears' Holdout → 先居者避隐地
ancestors forefathers ancestry forebears → 祖先
Forebears Prescribed → 一七五
Imitate One's Forebears → 绳其祖武
ancestry ancestors forebears forefathers → 民族或家族较早的上代
do credit to our forebears → 承继先贤

1. Many of us conform to the outdated customs laid down by our forebears.
[汉]我们许多人都遵循祖先立下的过时习俗.
——来自《简明英汉词典》
2. I'll come back to the land of my forebears.
[汉]我将回到祖先的土地上。
——来自辞典例句
3. He rejected the religion of his forebears, leaving his own parents heartbroken.
[汉]他放弃了祖宗的宗教, 使他的双亲非常伤心.
——来自辞典例句
4. It has been moulded by the thought of a hundred generations of our forebears.
[汉]它是长久以来我们历代先人的思想塑造出来的.
——来自演讲部分
5. Those in the Civil War tradition were Democrats because their forebears had supported secession and slavery.
[汉]那些保持内战传统的人成为民主党人,因为他们的祖辈支持脱离联邦和奴隶制.
——来自互联网