Your forefathers are your ancestors, especially your male ancestors.
例句
They were determined to go back to the land of their forefathers.他們決意回到祖先的土地上。
英漢詞典釋義
n.
祖先,祖宗
He went to visit the graves of his forefathers.他去拜謁他祖先的墓地。They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.它們是我們祖先留下來的最寶貴的文化遺產(chǎn)。All of us bristled at the lawyer’s speech insulting our forefathers.聽到那個律師在講演中污蔑我們的祖先,大家都氣得怒發(fā)沖冠。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
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;