forefathers
plural noun
us/ˈfɔrˌfɑð·ərz,ˈfoʊr-/membersof afamily,national, orreligiousgroupwholivedin the past:
Mario isspendingthesummerin Italy, thelandof his forefathers.
| 单词 | forefathers |
| 释义 | forefathers plural noun us/ˈfɔrˌfɑð·ərz,ˈfoʊr-/membersof afamily,national, orreligiousgroupwholivedin the past: Mario isspendingthesummerin Italy, thelandof his forefathers. Examplesofforefathersforefathers The custom of praying for one's dead parents (as well asforefathers) was also pervasive in all the three cultures. From theCambridge English Corpus The boasts are carried in the language offorefathers: they "liefer had died" than contemplate betrayal and change. From theCambridge English Corpus A way which, if they could hear it, would make ourforefatherssit bolt upright in their graves. From theCambridge English Corpus The first is in its recidivism, which allows no space for the failures of hisforefathers. From theCambridge English Corpus The musics in which they participate may have been performed by their foremothers andforefathers. From theCambridge English Corpus However, democratic accountability does not always work asforefathersenvisioned. From theCambridge English Corpus Yet, the same persons did not grant any importance to the name change theirforefathersundertook some decades or centuries ago. From theCambridge English Corpus The committee concluded that the ground in which one'sforefathersrested should be treated with reverence by the living generation. From theCambridge English Corpus In addition to these, he told me, he also uses the ' ancient wisdom of ourforefathers', including charms, incantations and others (interview, 8.7.2004). From theCambridge English Corpus Similarly, within these ritualized events, the composers whose works are being performed are frequently taken as something akin to mythicalforefathers. From theCambridge English Corpus The migration of theforefathersis thus always present in the collective memory. From theCambridge English Corpus Ourforefatherssang it the whole year round; they lived with their songs. From theCambridge English Corpus Why should these people be uprooted from their homes and the valleys which have been their homes and the homes of theirforefathersfor generations? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is what ourforefathersthought was a remedy for the mischief. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These people are understandably anxious about their future: they are to be absorbed into the very system from which they or theirforefathersfled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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