forefather
forefather — 名詞
- forefathersingular
- forefathersplural
1. a male ancestor from the distant past, especially one mentioned when people disc
祖先
家族中很久以前的男性祖輩
a male ancestor from the distant past, especially one mentioned when people discuss where a family came from.
Quinn learned that one forefather had crossed the sea from Fujian.
Quinn 發現有位祖先曾從福建渡海而來。
forefather in a family-history discovery
At the reunion, cousins shared stories about a forefather who farmed the valley.
聚會上，表親們分享一位在山谷務農的祖先的故事。
The old trunk held letters from a forefather who served in the navy.
那只舊箱子裡放著一位曾在海軍服役的祖先留下的信件。
a forefather who + past-tense life detail
Kabir drew his forefather on the family tree above his great-grandmother.
Kabir 在家譜上把那位祖先畫在曾祖母的上一代。
- honour one's forefathers
- trace a forefather
- family forefather
- direct forefather
- descendant
a family member who comes later in the line
文法句型
someone's forefather
the forefathers of a family
用法筆記
Usually used in formal or old-fashioned discussion of family history, tradition, or origin. It normally points to a male ancestor rather than to the whole family line in general.
常見錯誤
2. an earlier male figure whose work helped launch a field, system, or tradition, o
鼻祖；先驅
開創或深刻影響後世的人
an earlier male figure whose work helped launch a field, system, or tradition, or gave it the form it later followed.
Many lawyers study Blackstone as a forefather of modern legal education.
許多法律人把 Blackstone 視為現代法學教育的鼻祖。
forefather of + later field or system
The museum presents Turing as a forefather of computer science.
博物館把 Turing 介紹為電腦科學的先驅。
Scholars still debate which reformer was the true forefather of the movement.
學者至今仍在爭論哪位改革者才是這場運動真正的鼻祖。
the true forefather of + movement
In class, Élise called Gutenberg a forefather of mass printing in Europe.
課堂上，Élise 說 Gutenberg 是歐洲大量印刷的先驅。
- forefather of modern economics
- spiritual forefather
- political forefather
- intellectual forefather
- founder
best for the person who starts one organization, company, or institution
- pioneer
stresses doing new work early, not the ancestry metaphor
- forerunner
often used for an earlier form or influence rather than a founding male figure
- successor
the person or tradition that comes later
文法句型
a forefather of [movement/field/system]
the forefathers of [institution/tradition]
用法筆記
Mostly used in history, politics, religion, and other formal discussion of origins. Distinguish from sense 1: here the connection is influence or foundation, not blood relation.
常見錯誤
同根字
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- family forefather
- spiritual forefather
- political forefather
- intellectual forefather
常用片語
- honour our forefathers
- trace a forefather
- the forefathers of a nation
介系詞搭配
- forefather of