英语单词 | legacy |
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英美音标 | 英 ['leɡəsi] 美 ['leɡəsi] |
中文释义 | n.遗赠物;先人或过去遗留下来的东西 adj.[计算机]旧系统的 |
英语例句 | (1) These are the cultural legacies of the Renaissance. |
中文例句 | (1) 这些是文艺复兴时期的文化遗产。 |
vocabulary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. |
vocabulary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. |
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.
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]
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