forebearer 

  1. 名詞
通常為複數forebearers:
祖先, 祖宗

    同義字詞
ancestor,father,forebear,forbear,forefather,grandfather,primogenitor,progenitor

例句

  1. This rule became the forebearer of the rule banning other pitches as well, including the spitball.
  2. "Bubble Bobble" was possibly the first game to feature multiple endings (or at least the forebearer of the concept).
  3. Thucydides, an ancient Greek historian who wrote the "History of the Peloponnesian War" and is also cited as an intellectual forebearer of realpolitik.
  4. Automotive industry (with FIAT as a forebearer ) is dominated by cluster located in Kragujevac and its vicinity, and contributes to country's exports with about $2 billion.
  5. And for all it's flaws, it is the forebearer of the types of games that will gain video games respect in an artistic community and this, in itself, is no small accomplishment.