fore-,在前。be, 存在。-ar, 后缀，人。即先辈，祖先。
fore-在forehead前额、forearm前臂和before等中都有出现，多用来指时间和空间上的前，与希腊拉丁前缀pro-和pre-等同源。而-bear部分则一不是指熊，二不是指bear动词承担；忍受等，而是be-的施动者名词，也就是说，forebear的字面意思是“one who was before”。
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Tony vicars , a butcher in west street since 1972 ( his forebear opened the shop in 1866 ) sees only " shoe shops and mobile-phone stores " around him .
Although it was a good deal plusher than its rather utilitarian forebear , fiat ?
虽然这是一个很好的协议,而不是其功利世祖车窗,菲亚特?
" Ancestor : 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
He knows himself to be perfectly secure , but , still , he " cannot forebear trembling . "
他知道自己很安全，但是，他还是“不可抑制地发抖”。
Nothing suggests that the british public has been overwhelmingly struck by the judiciary 's new independence , but , for the curious citizen , the supreme court is a distinct improvement on its murky forebear .
