Like his forefather, Benny had the ability to foresee the future.(像他的祖先一樣，本尼有能力預知將來。)

Leibniz was an inventor of the calculus and a forefather of modern mathematical logic.(萊布尼茨是一個發明家的演算以及祖先的現代數理邏輯。)

Around Xian, the Famen temple enjoys the reputation of being the 'forefather of pagodas and temples in Central Shaanxi,' because it holds the finger bones of Sakyamuni — the founder of Buddhism.(圍繞西安，陜西中部的法門寺是享有聲譽的佛塔和寺廟的祖先，是因為它擁有佛教的創始人釋迦牟尼佛的手指骨。)

It is a well - fixed ground 's time and investigated folk custom where the native people love the traditional culture left by forefather, thereby the tradition has a good survival space there.(這是一片已經富裕起來的土地，當地的人們熱愛祖先留下來的傳統文化，所以能夠使得傳統在這片土地上有較好的生存空間。)

But they replied, 'We do not drink wine, because our forefather Jonadab son of Recab gave us this command:' Neither you nor your descendants must ever drink wine.(但他們說：“我們不喝酒，因為我們的祖先利甲的兒子約拿達曾吩咐我們說：你們和你們的子孫永遠都不可喝酒。”)

The technical term for an evolutionary throwback is an "atavism", from the Latin atavus, meaning forefather.(“進化返祖”的專業術語是“atavism”，源自拉丁語的“atavus”，意為祖先。)

In spite of all these problems we will not go back to lead the life our forefather led.(盡管有這些問題，我們也決不會再去過我們的祖先所過的生活。)

This question was first addressed in 1937 by Ronald Coase, the winner of the 1991 Nobel prize for economics and the intellectual forefather of both of this year's winners.(這個問題第一次由RonaldCoase在1937年提出，他是1991年的諾貝爾經濟學獎的獲得者并且其聰明的祖先同為這一屆的獲獎者。)

Daoxuan was the forefather of the Vinaya school of the southern mountain who wrote many Buddhism works.(道宣是南山律宗開山之祖，著有多部佛學著作。)

Avenge the slain forefather by vanquishing Major Duke.(報復殺害的祖先主要由擊敗杜克。)

Modern man has far more knowledge..than his forefathers had.