Forefather

(noun.) the founder of a family; 'keep the faith of our forefathers'.

(noun.) person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group; 'our forefathers brought forth a great nation'.

布兰卡德录入

• I will be your host in Greece, and will entertain you in my ruined abode,—misnamed a palace,—which is all that remains to me of my forefathers. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• It is the humor of many heads to extol the days of their forefathers, and declaim against the wickedness of times present. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• It was nothing to her, that an innocent man was to die for the sins of his forefathers; she saw, not him, but them. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Various answers are made--a decline in religion, a decline from the virtues of the Roman forefathers, Greek intellectual poison, and the like. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The blood of my forefathers cries aloud in my veins, and bids me be first among my countrymen. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• They take their forefathers with enormous solemnity. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Your French forefathers don't speak so sweetly, nor so solemnly, nor so impressively as your English ancestors, Robert. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

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