词典释义：
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We are only here because this country welcomed our forebears and taught them that being American is about more than what we look like or where we come from.
我们在这里，只因为这个国家欢迎我们的先辈并告诉他们，作为美国人是比我们什么样或者我们来自哪里更重要的事情。
《Your Weekly Address》《奥巴马每周电视讲话》
双语例句
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I'll come back to the land of my forebears.
我将回到祖先的土地。
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The Boskops coexisted with our Homo sapiens forebears.
博斯·科普人曾与我们的智人祖先和平共处。
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And if we get our land back I want to rebuild my forebears' house.
“如果能要回土地，我打算重新修建祖宗留下的房屋”。
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But these companies are very different creatures from their forebears.
但是这些公司是与其祖先非常不同的产物。
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We have become extremely acquisitive in a way our forebears never were.
我们变得极度的贪得无厌。而我们的先人们从不这样。
近义词