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forebear [ˈfɔːbeə] N

forebear

[常作复数] 祖宗 zǔzong

forebear

祖先 zǔxiān

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But there is another reaction: one may set out to think more carefully and methodically than one's intellectual forebears. en.wikipedia.org

They developed the style of their 1980s forebears into a distinct genre. en.wikipedia.org

The tone of the track alone helped make it an acknowledged forebear of the punk rock movement. en.wikipedia.org

This was a large group of related people supposedly descended from one progenitor through male forebears. en.wikipedia.org

They connect these two worlds specifically by linking living lineage members with their earliest forebears. en.wikipedia.org

Family narratives passed down vary on the origins of their forebears. en.wikipedia.org

Composite sticks generally weigh less than their aluminum forebears, and they can be manufactured with more consistent (and varied) physical properties than their wooden counterparts. en.wikipedia.org

The novel also contains the in-depth narrative of his ancient forebear. en.wikipedia.org

The inhabitants of modern industrial societies even eat differently than their more rural forebears. en.wikipedia.org

As a result, he argued, archaeology had suffered a loss of innocence as archaeologists became sceptical of the work of their forebears. en.wikipedia.org

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