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Ancestor Common Latin ænsestər America Flower 他的祖先乘坐五月花号到达美国 重点词汇

Front ancestor
Pron ['ænsestər]
Back 【ANCESTOR】
His ancestors came to America on the May flower.
他的祖先乘坐五月花号到达美国。
【重点词汇】
ancestor n. 祖先 反: descendant
Vocab
ancestorsomeone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

An ancestor came before. Your grandmother's grandmother and any relative before her is one of your ancestors.

Ante-, a common Latin prefix, means "before." Cedere is Latin for "to go." So, an ancestor is someone who has gone before us. Evolutionary biologists have advanced the theory that all life on earth descends from a common ancestor. Ancestor can also mean "prototype" or "forerunner." The abacus is a distant ancestor of today's supercomputers.

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