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

• 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。
• 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。
• The origin of vertebrates and their ancestry are problems still obscured by too few facts.
  脊椎动物的起源和它们的始祖问题，由于事实太少仍然不很清楚。
• I intend to forgive my ancestry for raising animals or fish for slaughter in painful or unclean circumstances.
  我意愿宽恕为在痛苦及肮脏的环境中的宰杀而饲养动物或鱼类的我的祖先。
• Ancestry is more about geography.
  祖先是更多的与地理相关。
• They trace their ancestry to King Xiutu of the Xiongnu.
  追溯到他们的祖先匈奴的休屠王。
• I intend to forgive all atrocities of war and torture as experienced in my ancestry.
  我要去谅解我的祖先中所有体验了战争和拷打的祖先们。
• I classified her ancestry as African american.
  我判断她有非洲和美洲的血统。
• Sometimes I think this is the result of their ancestry, which could best be described as diverse.
  有时候，我觉得这与他们的遗传有关。他们的血统用多样性一词来形容是再恰当不过了。
• I intend to release all karma for warfare and disease in my ancestry.
  我意愿释放我祖先中的所有战争和疾病业力。