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an·ces·tor AHD[ănʹsĕs'tər] D.J.[ˈænˌsestə]K.K.[ˈænˌsɛstɚ]n.（名词）- A person from whom one is descended, especially if more remote than a grandparent; a forebear.祖先，祖宗：繁衍后代的人，特别是远于祖父辈；前辈
- A forerunner or predecessor.前人，先驱：先行者或先驱
- Law The person from whom an estate has been inherited.【法律】 被继承人：一个人，从他那里财产可被继承
- Biology The actual or hypothetical organism or stock from which later kinds evolved.【生物学】 物种原形：演化成后来各物种的真实存在的或假设的有机物
- Middle English auncestre 中古英语 auncestre
- from Old French 源自 古法语
- from Latin antecessor [predecessor] 源自 拉丁语 antecessor [先驱]
- from antecessus [past participle of] antecēdere [to precede] 源自 antecessus antecēdere的过去分词 [在…之前]
- ante- [ante-] ante- [前缀，表示“在…之前”]
- cēdere [to go] * see ked- cēdere [走] * 参见 ked-
ancestor, forebear, forefather, progenitor- The central meaning shared by these nouns is "a person from whom one is descended": 这些名词所共有的中心意思是“繁衍出后代的人”： ancestors who were farmers;祖辈是农民；an island once owned by his forebears;曾被他的前辈占有的岛屿；methods as old as our forefathers;象祖辈一样的陈旧方法；the wisdom of our progenitors. descendant 祖先的智慧 descendant
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