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legacy n.遗赠(物),遗产(祖先传下来) Legacy comes from the Latin verb, legare "to appoint by a last will, send as an ambassador." Originally, the noun meant "ambassador" or "envoy" but soon shifted to mean the money and property a person leaves behind in his will. Many university scholarships are funded by the legacies of former students. In recent usage, political leaders are said to be concerned with their legacies, the historically significant achievements of their tenure in office. ★★☆☆☆ 2016.4

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['legəsi] Use the word, legacy, for something handed down from one generation to the next. A retiring company president might leave a legacy of honesty and integrity. It’s a really hard thing to do and it’s a tremendous luxury that BuzzFeed doesn’t have a legacy business. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]遗产；遗赠 A legacy is money or property which someone leaves to you when they die. You could make a real difference to someone's life by leaving them a generous legacy.慷慨留下您的遗产，改写他人的人生。2[N-COUNT 可数名词]（事件或历史的）遗留问题，后遗症 A legacy of an event or period of history is something which is a direct result of it and which continues to exist after it is over.   [with supp]...a programme to overcome the legacy of inequality and injustice created by Apartheid...旨在消除种族隔离政策所遗留的不平等与不公正问题的项目The old system has left a mixed legacy.旧制度留下的遗产有好有坏。

英语单词	legacy
英美音标	['legəsi]
中文释义	n.遗赠(物),遗产(祖先传下来)
vocab简明	Use the word, legacy, for something handed down from one generation to the next. A retiring company president might leave a legacy of honesty and integrity.
vocab扩展	Legacy comes from the Latin verb, legare "to appoint by a last will, send as an ambassador." Originally, the noun meant "ambassador" or "envoy" but soon shifted to mean the money and property a person leaves behind in his will. Many university scholarships are funded by the legacies of former students. In recent usage, political leaders are said to be concerned with their legacies, the historically significant achievements of their tenure in office.
真题原句	It’s a really hard thing to do and it’s a tremendous luxury that BuzzFeed doesn’t have a legacy business.
柯林斯星级	★★☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]遗产；遗赠 A legacy is money or property which someone leaves to you when they die. You could make a real difference to someone's life by leaving them a generous legacy. 慷慨留下您的遗产，改写他人的人生。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（事件或历史的）遗留问题，后遗症 A legacy of an event or period of history is something which is a direct result of it and which continues to exist after it is over. [with supp] ...a programme to overcome the legacy of inequality and injustice created by Apartheid... 旨在消除种族隔离政策所遗留的不平等与不公正问题的项目 The old system has left a mixed legacy. 旧制度留下的遗产有好有坏。
来源	2016.4

Legacy Money Property Leaves It’s N Count 可数名词 Legəsi