N-COUNT Your forefathers are your ancestors, especially your male ancestors. 祖宗 [文学性] [usu pl, usu poss N]
They were determined to go back to the land of their forefathers.
他们决意要回到老祖宗的土地。
The technical term for an evolutionary throwback is an "atavism", from the Latin atavus, meaning forefather.
“进化返祖”的专业术语是“atavism”，源自拉丁语的“atavus”，意为祖先。
Like his forefather, Benny had the ability to foresee the future.
像他的祖先一样，本尼有能力预知将来。
Leibniz was an inventor of the calculus and a forefather of modern mathematical logic.
莱布尼茨是一个发明家的演算以及祖先的现代数理逻辑。
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