名詞 forefather:

1. the founder of a family
   同義詞：father, sire
2. person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group

1. Japan said on Tuesday that Peru's disgraced ex-president Alberto Fujimori has Japanese nationality, a status that allows him to stay in the land of his forefathers and probably avoid facing investigators in Peru.
   日本政府周二表示，遭到罷黜的秘魯前總統(tǒng)藤森具有日本國籍，而這個(gè)身分將讓他得以繼續(xù)留在日本這塊祖先的土地上，同時(shí)也可能讓他不必回秘魯接受調(diào)查人員的偵訊。
2. One of his forefathers was an early settler in America.
   他的祖先之一是美洲的早期移民。

fore.fa.ther

n.（名詞）
An ancestor.See Synonyms at ancestor
祖先參見 ancestor
A person who is from an earlier time and has originated or contributed to a common tradition shared by a particular group.
先人：生活在較早時(shí)代并且開創(chuàng)了某一特定集體的共同傳統(tǒng)或?yàn)榇俗鞒隽素暙I(xiàn)的人