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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Mr kinzer describes how the british , then sharply opposed to american ideas of self-determination , were bent on denying the persians sovereignty to ensure that they , by means of the oil company that is the forebear of today 's bp , would be guaranteed an abundant supply of cheap oil .
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 .