| 正面 | 3211.legacy 英 ['legəsɪ]美 ['lɛgəsi]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1. 死去的人送给你的东西自然就是遗产了。2. delegate, relegate => legacy.n. 遗赠，遗产 例句： 1. She offered to settle a legacy on Katharine.她提出要把一笔遗产留给凯瑟琳。 legacy 遗产，遗赠财物来自拉丁语legatus,大使，使节，词源同legate,来自PIE*leg,读，说，词源同legible.引申词义指定，任命。后词义发生变化，用于指遗嘱，遗赠。比较legate,legatee. 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." |