forebear
发音
英 [ˈfɔ:ˌbeə, ˈfəʊr-]
美 [ˈfɔrˌbɛr, ˈfor-]
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- n.
- 祖先，祖宗
单词词源
forebear 祖先 forebear 祖先；祖宗
fore-,在前。be, 存在。-ar, 后缀，人。即先辈，祖先。 fore-在forehead前额、forearm前臂和before等中都有出现，多用来指时间和空间上的前，与希腊拉丁前缀pro-和pre-等同源。而-bear部分则一不是指熊，二不是指bear动词承担；忍受等，而是be-的施动者名词，也就是说，forebear的字面意思是“one who was before”。
双语例句
- 1. Tony vicars , a butcher in west street since 1972 ( his forebear opened the shop in 1866 ) sees only " shoe shops and mobile-phone stores " around him .
- 托尼维卡斯自1972年以来一直是西街的屠夫（他的祖先在1866年开了店铺），现在他只看到“鞋店和手机店”环绕在他周围。
- 2. Although it was a good deal plusher than its rather utilitarian forebear , fiat ?
- 虽然这是一个很好的协议,而不是其功利世祖车窗,菲亚特?
- 3. " Ancestor : a person from whom one is descended , especially if more remote than a grandparent ; a forebear . "
- 祖先：祖宗繁衍后代的人，特别是远于祖父辈；前辈
- 4. He knows himself to be perfectly secure , but , still , he " cannot forebear trembling . "
- 他知道自己很安全，但是，他还是“不可抑制地发抖”。
- 5. Nothing suggests that the british public has been overwhelmingly struck by the judiciary 's new independence , but , for the curious citizen , the supreme court is a distinct improvement on its murky forebear .
- 没有证据表明英国的公众已经被新的司法独立所震撼，但是，对于这些颇有好奇心的民众们来说，最高法院比它黑暗混沌的前任有了明显的进步。