legacy
英 ['leg?s?]
美['l?g?si]
- n. 遺贈，遺產
CET6+TEM4GRE考研TOEFL中低頻詞常用詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?legacies;
助記提示
1. 死去的人送給你的東西自然就是遺產了。
2. delegate, relegate => legacy.
2. delegate, relegate => legacy.
中文詞源
legacy 遺產，遺贈財物
來自拉丁語legatus,大使，使節，詞源同legate,來自PIE*leg,讀，說，詞源同legible.引申詞義指定，任命。后詞義發生變化，用于指遺囑，遺贈。比較legate,legatee.
英文詞源
- legacy (n.)
- late 14c., "body of persons sent on a mission," from Old French legatie "legate's office," from Medieval Latin legatia, from Latin legatus "ambassador, envoy," noun use of past participle of legare "appoint by a last will, send as a legate" (see legate). Sense of "property left by will" appeared in Scottish mid-15c.
雙語例句
- 1. She offered to settle a legacy on Katharine.
- 她提出要把一筆遺產留給凱瑟琳。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.
- 它們是我們祖先留下來的最寶貴的文化遺產.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. The legacy of Ancient Rome represented the overwhelming influence on Romanesque architecture.
- 古羅馬的遺產體現在對羅馬式建筑的巨大影響上.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. The two brothers split on inheriting the legacy of their parents.
- 兩兄弟為繼承父母的遺產而鬧翻.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.
- 他認為這筆遺產是天賜之物.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》