祖先用英語怎么說

　　祖先是民族或家族較早的上代，還指演化成現(xiàn)代生物的古代生物。那么你知道祖先用英語怎么說嗎?下面來學(xué)習(xí)一下吧。

　　祖先的英語說法1：

　　ancestor

　　祖先的英語說法2：

　　progenitor

　　祖先的英語說法3：

　　forefather

　　祖先的相關(guān)短語：

　　祖先崇拜 veneration of the dead

　　共同祖先 common ancestor

　　女祖先 foremother ; ancestress ; A woman ancestor

　　曾祖先 great great grandfather

　　祖先狀態(tài) ancestral state

　　祖先的英語例句：

　　1. Sri Lankans share a common ancestry with their Indian brethren.

　　斯里蘭卡人和他們的印度兄弟有共同的祖先。

　　2. Her Chinese friends referred to the Empress as their venerable ancestor.

　　她的中國朋友們說這位女皇是他們值得敬仰的祖先。

　　3. Diplomacy was in his blood: his ancestors had been feudal lords.

　　他天生擅長交際：他的祖先曾是封建領(lǐng)主。

　　4. His ancestors had come to America from Ireland.

　　他的祖先從愛爾蘭來到美國。

　　5. They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.

　　它們是我們祖先留下來的最寶貴的文化遺產(chǎn).

　　6. All of us bristled at the lawyer's speech insulting our forefathers.

　　聽到那個律師在講演中污蔑我們的祖先,大家都氣得怒發(fā)沖冠.

　　7. Mediterranean oat held to be progenitor of modern cultivated oat.

　　地中海地區(qū)燕麥,被認為是現(xiàn)代栽種燕麥的祖先.

　　8. The custom of worshipping ancestors is prevalent among these people.

　　崇拜祖先的風(fēng)俗在這些人中是普遍的.

　　9. The boy from America said his fathers were Chinese.

　　那個來自美國的男孩說他的祖先是中國人.

　　10. He went to visit the graves of his forefathers.

　　他去拜謁他祖先的墓地.

　　11. Man was evolved from an ancestor that was probably arboreal.

　　人大概是從住在樹上的祖先進化而來的.

　　12. Our ancestors merely made use of their hands to change nature.

　　我們的祖先只憑雙手改造自然.

　　13. She has worshipped her ancestor.

　　她已拜過她的祖先.

　　14. This is the dust of our ancestors.

　　這是我們祖先的遺骸.

　　15. One of my ancestors was a great scholar.

　　我的祖先當(dāng)中有一位是偉大的學(xué)者.