one's ancestral
此结构为“物主代词 + ancestral”,表示“某人的祖先”。
He wrote a book about his ancestral who fought in the war.
他写了一本关于他参战的祖先的书。
年长的亲戚;先驱;先行者;前身;早期形态;远祖;遗传上的祖先;祖灵;祖先的亡灵
An ancestor or forebear.
祖先或先人。
An ancestor or forbear.
年长的亲属。
An elderly relative.
遗传上的前身。
A genetic precursor.
先驱;曾参与某事物早期版本的人。
A forerunner; One who was involved in an earlier version of something.
某事物的早期版本。
An earlier version of something.
祖先的灵魂。
The spirit of one's ancestor.
遵循、尊崇或被祖先传统所吸引的人。
One who follows, honors, or is attracted to an ancestral tradition.
某物作为前身的一种关系。
A relationship in which something is a precursor.
My grandmother often tells stories about our ancestrals who came from a small fishing village.
我的祖母经常讲起我们那些来自一个小渔村的祖先。
用法提示:ancestrals 是 ancestral 的复数名词,这里意为“祖先”,在句中作介词 about 的宾语。
The ancestrals of this region are honored with songs and food every autumn.
这个地区的祖先每年秋天都会受到歌声和食物的祭拜。
用法提示:ancestrals 作复数名词,指“祖先”,在句中作主语。
He built a small altar to remember his ancestrals during the family reunion.
家庭团聚时,他建了一个小祭坛来纪念他的祖先。
用法提示:ancestrals 作复数名词,意为“祖先”,在句中作动词 remember 的宾语。
此结构为“物主代词 + ancestral”,表示“某人的祖先”。
He wrote a book about his ancestral who fought in the war.
他写了一本关于他参战的祖先的书。
此结构为“an ancestral of + 名词”,表示某物的先驱或前身。
The abacus is an ancestral of the modern computer.
算盘是现代计算机的先驱。
grammar · medium
易错句子My grandfather is ancestral.
正确表达My grandfather is an ancestral.
ancestral 在此义项下是单数可数名词,前面必须加不定冠词。汉语名词没有冠词,学习者容易漏掉。指“一位祖先”时,要加 an。
grammar · medium
易错句子I have many ancestral.
正确表达I have many ancestrals.
ancestral 是可数名词,复数形式为 ancestrals。汉语名词不随数量变化,many 后容易误用单数。改为 ancestrals 才与 many 和复数意义一致。
祖宅;祖居
After retiring, she moved back to her ancestral home in the countryside.
退休后,她搬回了乡下的祖宅。
祖传的土地;故土
The tribe fought for years to reclaim its ancestral land.
这个部落为夺回祖传的土地抗争了多年。
祖先的根脉;祖源
Many immigrants travel abroad to trace their ancestral roots.
许多移民远赴海外寻访自己的祖源。
祖传的传统
The harvest festival is an ancestral tradition passed down for centuries.
这个丰收节是流传了数百年的祖传传统。
祖先的灵魂
During the ceremony, they made offerings to the ancestral spirits.
仪式上,他们向祖先的灵魂献上供品。
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