And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe--the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state, but from the hand of God

但是我们的祖先为之奋斗的那种革命信念现在在全世界仍然是有争论的。这个信念就是:人类的权利不是国家慷慨给予的，而是上帝的手赐予的。

All the rigid rule of his forebears , all the domination of an unjust social order, grip him

父辈的严峻的法规，不公平的社会制度，把他牢牢地控制住了。

All the rigid rule of his forebears , all the domination of an unjust social order, grip him. Angel Clare, the prophet of emancipation, no longer exists. For several days they lead a formal, isolated existence.

父辈的严峻的法规，不公平的社会制度，把他牢牢地控制住了。宣扬人类解放的安吉尔·克莱不复存在了。一连几天，他们过着貌合神离的生活。

There is evidence, archaeological as well as documentary, that as early as five to six thousand years ago the region was already settled by our primitive forebears who lived and propagated here

历史文物和文献证明，早在五六千年前，就有先民来此劳动、生息和繁衍。

The rule of the last great Mongol leader was a complete contrast to the destruction and massacres carried out by his forebears

蒙古最后一位大首领的治国方针，与其祖先所推行的毁灭和屠杀政策形成了鲜明的对照。

It aims to glorify and to instil pride in their ancestors and to exhort the future generations to emulate their illustrious forebears .

其目的更是要褒扬祖宗，使后代引以为荣，代代效法。

This is hardly surprising because most of them do not maintain or have access to, genealogical records beyond their immediate forebears .

其实这也没什么稀奇的，因为他们大多没有留下任何家谱记录，甚至没有家谱可查阅，比直系亲属更上一代的祖先恐怕已经追溯不到了。

And yet the same revolutionary belief for which our forebears fought is still at issue around the globe, the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God

然而，我们的先辈为之而奋斗的革命信念，却仍然在全球各地引起争议。这个信念是:人的权利不是来自政府的慷慨，而是上帝授予我们的。

He rejected the religion of his forebears , leaving his own parents heartbroken

他放弃了祖宗的宗教，使他的双亲非常伤心。

Sir Geoffrey stood for England and Lloyd George as his forebears had stood for England and St George: and he never knew there was a difference.

他拥护英国和路易。佐治，正如他的祖先们拥护英国和圣佐治一样;他永不明白那儿有什么不同的地方。

It has been moulded by the thought of a hundred generations of our forebears

它是长久以来我们历代先人的思想塑造出来的。

We have begun to question the accommodations ways of our forebears

我们开始对祖辈那种归化白人的生活方式产生怀疑。

Many of us conform to the outdated customs laid down by our forebears .

我们许多人都遵循祖先立下的过时习俗。

And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe-the belief that the rights of man come not form the generosity of the state, but form the hand of God

我们祖先曾为之奋斗的革命信念是:人权不是国家所赐，而是上帝赋予，但是直到现在，世界上的人们对此仍莫衷一是。

Consequently, they tend to have lesser interest in the cultural heritage of their forebears .

因此，他们一般上对先人的文化遗产不感兴趣。

For I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same solemn oath our forebears prescribed nearly a century and three-quarters ago

因为我刚才向你们，向万能的上帝宣读的庄严誓词，是我们先辈早在将近175年前就拟定了的同样誓词。

Knowing our past gives us a sense of history and continuity makes us more appreciative of our forebears ’ struggles for a better life for their family, and stimulates pride in their contributions toward Singapore’s prosperity.

在认识过去的过程中，我们能够对连绵不断的历史更加敏感，对祖宗为家人谋求美好生活的奋斗更加了解，对他们为国家繁荣所作出的贡献更加感到骄傲。

an island once owned by his forebears

曾被他的前辈占有的岛屿

||1:Of late, however, the family’s influence has waned.||2:Some wonder whether Nicky and his son Jonathan have the same drive and acumen as their swashbuckling forebears .||3:And Anglo American, the firm their family founded (and in which it now has a stake of 2%), moved its headquarters to London in 1999.||4:Nicky Oppenheimer insists that the family will stay connected with South Africa: they are still based in Johannesburg.

||1:近来，海默家族的影响力却日渐衰弱。||2:一些人就质疑尼克和他的儿子是否拥有先驱的进取心和洞察力。||3:而且英美资源集团，这个曾经海默家族一手打造的企业也在1999年把总部迁到了伦敦。||4:而尼克 奥本海默却坚持家族应该要立足于南非：其总部仍在约翰内斯堡。

||1: He was born in the Russian empire to a noble family, with admirals and princes among his forebears . ||2: Many of that breed fled from the Red Terror that followed the Bolshevik revolution; those that stayed behind had their lives blighted, or ended, by the communist hatred of “class enemies”. ||3: But young Sergei slipped through that net, working humbly in a Moscow loom factory and writing poetry on the side. ||4: That was his ticket to the new aristocracy of proletarian cultural workers. ||5: He remained, at heart, a courtier and a cynic.

||1:他在帝俄时期出生于一个贵族家庭，先祖中不乏海军元帅和王子。||2:这类人纷纷逃离布尔什维克革命之后随之而来的红色恐怖；他们中间留下来的或者是被共产党对“阶级敌人”的仇恨毁掉了余生，或者干脆就因为这种阶级仇恨丢了性命。||3:但年轻的谢尔盖成了漏网之鱼。他在莫斯科一家织机厂干着卑微的工作，业余写点诗歌。||4:那成了他藉以跻身无产阶级文化工作者这一新贵阶层的门票。||5:在心底里，他其实仍然是一名侍臣，同时也玩世不恭。

Since Dr Fritz estimates the combined value of the three forebears in her experiment as 10m,

Fritz博士估计用于她实验的三只古董小提琴的总价值为1000万美元，

The upshot was that, from the players’ point of view, the modern violins in the study were as good as, and often better than, their 18th-century forebears .

结论是，从演奏者的角度来看，测试中的现代小提琴和18世纪的古董提琴相比差不多，甚至比它们还好。

Some wonder whether Nicky and his son Jonathan have the same drive and acumen as their swashbuckling forebears .

一些人就质疑尼克和他的儿子是否拥有先驱的进取心和洞察力。

Americans born in the 1880s, as the country’s industrial revolution gathered pace, were both richer and shorter than their forebears .

19世纪80年代，在本国发生工业革命时出生的美国人比他们的祖辈更富有，却更矮。

They have proved no better defenders of the public interest than their forebears during the great crash of 1929.

比起一九二九年大萧条时期他们的先祖来，他们已经被证明没有资格捍卫公众利益。

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。

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。

The Roman Republic was the intelligent beneficiary of monetary accidents which befell so many of its forebears .

对于发生在很多祖先身上的货币事件来说，罗马共和国无疑是聪明的受益者。

Now Chinese collectors are beginning to acquire them as homage to the sophistication and commercial acumen of their forebears .

而时至今日，中国收藏家正开始收购这些瓷器，以向先辈们的智慧与商业眼光致敬。

Phillips wanted to create an inviting space to celebrate living artists and their aesthetic forebears .

菲利普想创造出一个吸引人的场所来赞美那些在世的艺术家和他们的美学前辈们。