forefather

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  • n.〈正式〉祖先
  • Web前人；祖宗；老祖宗
Plural Form：forefathers  

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forefather
n.
1.
祖先，祖宗（尤指男性）a person (especially a man) in your family who lived a long time ago

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AllAll,〈正式〉祖先〈正式〉祖先,前人前人,祖宗祖宗,老祖宗老祖宗
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1.
The simian he was chasing seems to have arrived long before, and is revered there as a planetary forefather.
他追逐的那只人猿似乎已久居该处，摇身一变，竟成了星球的开朝元老。
tā zhuī zhú de nà zhī rén yuán sì hū yǐ jiǔ jū gāi chù , yáo shēn yī biàn , jìng chéng le xīng qiú de kāi cháo yuán lǎo 。
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2.
The Taoist priest Zhang shan feng from the Wudang Mountain is believed to be the forefather of nei jia. However his story is still unclear.
“内家”的始祖据说为武当山道教的张三丰，关于他的来历，一直众说纷纭。
" nèi jiā " de shǐ zǔ jù shuō wèi wǔ dāng shān dào jiào de zhāng sān fēng , guān yú tā de lái lì , yì zhí zhòng shuō fēn yún 。
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3.
It was said the forefather of the human being is ape.
据说人类的祖先是猿。
jù shuō rén lèi de zǔ xiān shì yuán 。
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4.
They named it Dan after their forefather Dan , who was born to Israel--though the city used to be called Laish .
照着他们始祖以色列之子但的名字，给那城起名叫但。原先那城名叫拉亿。
zhào zhe tā men shǐ zǔ yǐ sè liè zhī zǐ dàn de míng zì , gěi nà chéng qǐ míng jiào dàn 。 yuán xiān nà chéng míng jiào lā yì 。
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5.
He is often regarded as a forefather of root-seeking or native-soil literature in China.
他经常被视为寻根或本机在中国文学的鼻祖土壤。
tā jīng cháng bèi shì wéi xún gēn huò běn jī zài zhōng guó wén xué de bí zǔ tǔ rǎng 。
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6.
there is an old saying . . . its the experience of our forefather , however , it is correct in many cases even today.
俗话说。。。，它是我们前辈的经历，但是，即使在今天，它在许多场合仍然适用
sú huà shuō 。 。 。 , tā shì wǒ men qián bèi de jīng lì , dàn shì , jí shǐ zài jīn tiān , tā zài xǔ duō chǎng hé réng rán shì yòng
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7.
Daoxuan was the forefather of the Vinaya school of the southern mountain who wrote many Buddhism works.
道宣是南山律宗开山之祖，著有多部佛学著作。
dào xuān shì nán shān lǜ zōng kāi shān zhī zǔ , zhù yǒu duō bù fó xué zhù zuò 。
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8.
Let's start with Boaz, from the last paragraph of the book of Ruth, there is a family line that shows Boaz forefather is Perez.
我们先来看波阿斯，从最后一段的家谱中知道，他的先祖是法勒斯。
wǒ men xiān lái kàn bō ā sī , cóng zuì hòu yí duàn de jiā pǔ zhōng zhī dào , tā de xiān zǔ shì fǎ lè sī 。
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9.
Mencius' is the theoretical forefather of the various peasant uprisings in Chinese history.
孟子是中国历代农民起义战争的理论始祖。
mèng zǐ shì zhōng guó lì dài nóng mín qǐ yì zhàn zhēng de lǐ lùn shǐ zǔ 。
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10.
And in Edward the Second's time your forefather Brian was summoned to Westminster to attend the great Council there.
在爱德华二世时，你的祖先布里恩被召唤到威斯敏斯特参加过大议会。
zài ài dé huá èr shì shí , nǐ de zǔ xiān bù lǐ ēn bèi zhào huàn dào wēi sī mǐn sī tè cān jiā guò dà yì huì 。
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