"progenitor" in Chinese (Simplified)
祖先始祖
Definition
祖先是指某人或某物的起源，可以是家族血统中的祖先，也可以是某个思想或运动的创始者。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
正式、学术用语，常见于科学、家谱或历史领域。在家族中指远祖，不是直接父母。也可指某想法、运动或物种的创始人。日常对话很少用。
Examples
Charles Darwin is a progenitor of evolutionary theory.
查尔斯·达尔文是进化论的**祖先**之一。
My family's earliest known progenitor lived in the 1700s.
我家已知最早的**祖先**生活在18世纪。
A lion is the common progenitor of many big cats.
狮子是许多野生大猫共同的**祖先**。
The company’s founder is often called the progenitor of its culture.
公司创始人常被称为企业文化的**始祖**。
Many scientists regard Einstein as a progenitor of modern physics.
许多科学家认为爱因斯坦是现代物理学的**始祖**。
He likes to trace his roots back to a famous progenitor in his ancestry.
他喜欢追溯家族根源到一位著名的**祖先**。