Our Forefathers ’ Focal Attention to Spring and Autumn from the Chinese Characters

从汉字看先民对春和秋的关注点

the forefathers of the village

村庄的老祖宗

Dai ailian was born in Trinidad and Tobago, an independent republic in the West Indies in 1916, with her forefathers living abroad for many years.

戴爱莲于1916年生于西印度群岛的特立尼达共和国，祖辈侨居海外多年。

In accordance with this rule, it may safely be assumed that the forefathers of Boston had built the first prison-house somewhere in the vicinity of Cornhill, almost as seasonably as they marked out the first burial-ground, on Isaac Johnson’s lot,

根据这一惯例,我们可以有把握地推断:波士顿的先民们在谷山一带的某处地方修建第一座监狱,同在艾萨克-约翰逊地段标出头一块坟地几乎是在同一时期。

Young and old would crowd into one small boat handed down by their forefathers .

过去一家老小常常挤在祖辈留下来的一条小船上。

The settlers were later collectively referred to as the Forefathers ; the term Pilgrim Fathers was applied to them by Daniel Webster at the bicentennial celebration (1820).

后来这些移民者被统称为前辈。1820年纪念两百周年庆典上韦伯斯特首次使用“清教徒前辈移民”的名称。

What we do today is something never dream of by our forefathers .

今天我们正做的是我们的前人做梦都未想过的。

Recently I was profoundly moved when I read one of your writings in which you expressed the “longing for my father’s soul to return to the homeland and be among the forefathers ”

近读大作，有“切望父灵能回到家园与先人同在”之语，不胜感慨系之。

We cannot forget our forefathers !

老祖宗不能丢啊!

As a matter of fact, our forefathers long ago already drew an analogy between the hen and a human, as witness the Chinese idiom “No hen crows at dawn” (meaning “No woman is to usurp man’s power”)in The Book of History: Mu Shi

其实，古人早就以鸡喻人了，《尚书·牧誓》里就有“牝鸡无晨”之句。

On the wall hung a row of portraits, representing the forefathers of the Bellingham lineage, some with armour on their breasts, and others with stately ruffs and robes of peace.

墙上悬着一排肖像,都是贝灵汉家族的先祖,有的胸前护着铠甲,有的则穿着衬有环状皱领的乎日的长袍,但个个面露威严

Joe wants to visit the Pacific Island where his forefathers had lived.

乔想去访问祖辈住过的那个太平洋岛屿。

It is true I am shawnee. My forefathers were warriors. Their son is a warrior

确实，我是萧尼族人，我的祖先都是战士。他们的子孙也是战士。

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，遭到罢黜的秘鲁前总统藤森具有日本国籍，而这个身分将让他得以继续留在日本这块祖先的土地上，同时也可能让他不必回秘鲁接受调查人员的侦讯。

One of his forefathers emigrated to Australia.

他的一位祖先移居澳洲。

The religion of his forefathers

他祖先的宗教信仰.

We suffered from isolation, and so did our forefathers .

我们吃过这个苦头，我们的老祖宗吃过这个苦头。

Compared with the perils which our forefathers conquered, because they believed and were not afraid, we have so much to be thankful for Nature surrounds us with her bounty and human, efforts have multiplied it

我们的先辈曾以信念和无畏一次次转危为安，比起他们经历过的险阻，我们仍大可感到欣慰。大自然仍在给予我们恩惠，人类的努力已使之倍增。

Our forefathers enjoined us to carry out their unfulfilled will

我们的先人指示我们，叫我

Compared with the perils which our forefathers conquered because they believed and were not afraid, we have still much to be thankful for

我们的先祖凭信念和无畏克服了重重危难，跟他们相比，我们值得额手称庆的地方太多了。

Our forefathers have no other book but the score and the tally.

我们的祖先除了刻线符木外没有其他书籍。

Our forefathers carried down a rich cultural heritage to us.

我们的祖先给我们留下了一份丰富的文化遗产。

In our forefathers ’ time, however, family members helped and cared about one another although most people lived in poverty and hardship.

我们的祖先那个时代多数是属于贫穷的大家庭，那时，他们的生活非常的辛苦，但却能彼此帮助，彼此照顾。

Our forefathers once lived in caves.

我们的祖先曾在洞穴居住。

We have lost our faith in many of the things in which our forefathers fervently believed

我们对自己的前辈们所笃信的许多事物丢失了信任。

We will not say at a royal coronation, but at a Lord Mayor’s show-might be traced in the customs which our forefathers instituted, with reference to the annual installation of magistrates.

我们妨且不谈国王加冕大典,只指市长大人的就职仪式--所看到的痕迹的重现,不过这种反映已经模糊,记忆中的余辉经多次冲淡已然褪色。

We will achieve greater successes than our forefathers that have gone before

我们将比我们的先人们取得更大的成绩。

our rude forefathers

我们未开化的祖先.

methods as old as our forefathers

象祖辈一样的陈旧方法

It is the humor of many heads to extol the days of their forefathers

许多人天生喜欢吹捧祖先的时代。