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

• I intend to forgive my ancestry for the consumption of flesh including dolphin and whale form.
  我意愿宽恕我的祖先以肉，包括海豚与鲸鱼为食的行径。
• 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。
• They are citizens of Chinese ancestry.
  他们是中国血统的公民。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 release all my personal karma from the era of Atlantis in my tapestry of ancestry.
  我意愿解除我祖先织锦中来自亚特兰蒂斯时代的所有个人业力。
• 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。
• 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。