forefather

词根词缀:

前缀
fore- 前面;预先

forearm n. 前臂

fore 前面;预先 + arm 臂 → 前臂

forebear n. 祖先

fore 前面;预先 + bear 出生 → 出生在前的 → 祖先

forebode v. 预示

fore 前面;预先 + bode 预示 → 预示

forecast v. 预料

fore 前面;预先 + cast 扔 → 预先扔出〔消息〕→ 预料

forefather n. 祖先

fore 前面;预先 + father 父亲 → 先辈 → 祖先

forefinger n. 食指

fore 前面;预先 + finger 手指 → 用来指向前面的手指 → 食指

forefront n. 最前部;最重要之处

fore 前面;预先 + front 前面 → 前面的前面 → 最前部

forehead n. 前额

fore 前面;预先 + head 头 → 前额

forerunner n. 先驱;先兆

fore 前面;预先 + runner 奔跑者 → 跑在前面的人 → 先驱

foresee v. 预见

fore 前面;预先 + see 看 → 预见

foreshadow v. 预示

fore 前面;预先 + shadow 影子 → 影子预先来 → 预示

foresight n. 远见

fore 前面;预先 + sight 眼光 → 远见

forestall v. 阻止

fore 前面;预先 + stall 停止 → 预先制止 → 阻止

foretell v. 预言

fore 前面;预先 + tell 说 → 预先说 → 预言

foreword n. 前言

fore 前面;预先 + word 话 → 写在〔书〕前面的话 → 前言

数据来源:新东方英语词汇速记大全

相关例句:

The forefather is Yiwu city biyang crystal artwork factory.

其前身是义乌市彼洋水晶工艺品厂。

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。

They were determined to go back to the land of their forefathers.

他们决意回到祖先的土地上。

This paper attempts to study the old man of the wilderness in American literature so as to reveal the American national cultural psychology in constructing the image of their forefather and thus establishing their own identity.

本文通过对美国文学中荒野老人形象的研究,试图揭示美利坚民族建构父亲形象、确立自我身份的民族文化心理。

It is a well-fixed ground's time and investigated folk custom where the native people love the traditional culture left by forefather, thereby the tradition has a good survival space there.

这是一片已经富裕起来的土地,当地的人们热爱祖先留下来的传统文化,所以能够使得传统在这片土地上有较好的生存空间。

Your God is one and your forefather is one.

你的真主只有一位,你的祖先只有一位。