ancestry

英 [ˈænsestri]

美 [ˈænsestri]

n.  (统称)祖宗，祖先; 列祖列宗

复数：ancestries　

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Collins.1 / BNC.14094 / COCA.10801

牛津词典

noun

• （统称）祖宗，祖先；列祖列宗
  the family or the race of people that you come from
  1. to have Scottish ancestry
     祖籍苏格兰
  2. He was able to trace his ancestry back over 1 000 years.
     他可追祖溯宗至1 000年以前。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 世系；血统
  Yourancestryis the fact that you are descended from certain people.
  1. ...a family who could trace their ancestry back to the sixteenth century.
     世系可上溯到16世纪的家族

英英释义

noun

• inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
  Synonym:lineagederivationfiliation
• the descendants of one individual
  1. his entire lineage has been warriors
  Synonym:lineagelineline of descentdescentbloodlineblood linebloodpedigreeoriginparentagestemmastock

双语例句

• Most people of European or African ancestry have the "wet" kind: thick and sticky.
  大部分欧洲和非洲血统的人耳垢较湿，厚且粘。
• Pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry.
  与非洲血统美国人相关或者有非洲血统美国人的特点。
• Many of the early settlers in America had English ancestry.
  许多早期美国移民的祖先都是英国人。
• Having a similar structure or appearance but being of different ancestry.
  同形的具有类似的结构或外表但世系不同的。
• There is nothing really that one's extensive ancestry has not already dreamt many times and experienced.
  没有什么事情是你们祖先未曾梦想了多次并经历了多次的。
• These buildings have an ancestry which can be traced back to Greece and rome.
  这些建筑物历史悠久，可上溯至古希腊和古罗马时代。
• She said that would be more accurate than pinning the name on the genetic ancestry of the virus.
  她说这将是更准确的名称比根据固定的遗传血统来命名病毒。
• Sri Lankans share a common ancestry with their Indian brethren.
  斯里兰卡人和他们的印度兄弟有共同的祖先。
• I intend to forgive my ancestry for hunting dolphins, whales or any other kingdom.
  我意愿宽恕我的祖先所做的猎捕海豚、鲸鱼或任何其他王国。
• I intend to forgive anything that my ancestry perpetrated that harmed another.
  我意愿宽恕我祖先犯下的、害他人的任何行径。