forebear

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英 [ˈfɔ:ˌbeə, ˈfəʊr-]word uk audio image

美 [ˈfɔrˌbɛr, ˈfor-] word us audio image

  • 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。

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