forebear
n. 祖先；祖宗
n.
祖先，祖宗；
变形
复数：forebears
英英释义
forebear[ 'fɔ:bεə ]
n.a person from whom you are descended
同义词：forbear
双语例句
用作名词(n.)
Our forebear might even teach us a few old tricks that could be used to help the living.
祖先甚至可以教我们一些有助于生活的古老窍门。
权威例句
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forebear (n.)
"ancestor," late 15c., from fore "before" + be-er "one who exists;" agent noun from be. Originally Scottish. Related: Forebears.
1. He was a good man, but always forebear his wrath and complaint.
他是一个老好人，善于克制自我、隐忍无奈。
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2. It's much larger than its 75 forebear. Perhaps it could be the 75 OS.
它比它的先祖75要大多了，或许可以说它是75的超大版本。
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3. In the Old Testament, a son of Jacob and the forebear of one of the tribes of Israel.
旧约中，雅各之子，而且是以色列某一部落的祖先。
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4. Our forebear might even teach us a few old tricks that could be used to help the living.
祖先甚至可以教我们一些有助于生活的古老窍门。
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5. Moderation: Avoid extremes. Forebear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve.
适度：避免极端。克制怨恨会带来多大的伤害仅在自己一念之间。
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6. Consider how much more frugal the poor are than we, how much better they forebear hardship.
想想贫困的人比我们节俭多少，他们忍受困境比我们强多少。
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7. The Easter Hare (the Bunny’s forebear), which first appeared in German folklore, would not be impressed.
听到这个，复活节野兔(EasterHare)（复活节兔子的祖先）一定会觉得很不爽；它最早的亮相就是在德国民间传说中。
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8. There is a Chinese Barbie, an American Indian Barbie, a black Barbie, just about every sort of Barbie except its shameless forebear Lilli.
还有中国芭比、印第安芭比、黑人芭比，除去她无耻的祖先莉莉，芭比种类可谓应有尽有。
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9. The 8-inch model is as complex as its forebear, with 120 parts that snap together to form 12 jointed legs, a spinelike crankshaft, and a wind turbine.
这个8英寸长的模型和30英尺长的模型同样复杂——120个部件拼接到一起，组成了12条有关节的腿、一条脊椎和一个风力叶轮机。
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10. Portal 2 May not quite pack the same lightning-in-a-bottle sense of revelation as its forebear, but it succeeds admirably at following in its storytelling footsteps.
传送门2可能不完全像上一部作品那样充满“瓶中闪电”似的、令人耳目一新创意，但是在剧情方面异曲同工，取得了值得称道的成就。
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11. The original Mangonel was first used in Roman times to fling large rocks at enemies. This Mangonel, though bearing some resemblance to its forebear, is far larger than its Roman counterparts.
投石车可向敌军投掷巨石，于罗马时期古典战争中即已大显身手，但中世纪投石车射程远远超过罗马时代的前身。
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12. The result was Linux, which worked nearly the same as its forebear and could run the same free and open-source software, but had been purged of conflicts with Unix's intellectual property rights.
就是现在Linux，它运行起来与Unix几乎一模一样并且可以运行同样的自由和开源软件，而且已经证明与Unix之间不存在知识产权冲突。
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13. The result was Linux, which worked nearly the same as its forebear and could run the same free and open-source software, but had been purged of conflicts with Unix's intellectual property rights.
就是现在Linux，它运行起来与Unix几乎一模一样并且可以运行同样的自由和开源软件，而且已经证明与Unix之间不存在知识产权冲突。
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