ancestry

英 [ˈænsestri]

美 [ˈænsestri]

n.  (统称)祖宗，祖先; 列祖列宗

复数：ancestries　

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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

• There is nothing really that one's extensive ancestry has not already dreamt many times and experienced.
  没有什么事情是你们祖先未曾梦想了多次并经历了多次的。
• I classified her ancestry as African american.
  我判断她有非洲和美洲的血统。
• 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。
• 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。
• Pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry.
  与非洲血统美国人相关或者有非洲血统美国人的特点。
• They are citizens of Chinese ancestry.
  他们是中国血统的公民。
• I intend the birth of ascending children related unto my tapestry of ancestry.
  我意愿与我祖先织锦有关的提升孩童得以诞生。
• Sri Lankans share a common ancestry with their Indian brethren.
  斯里兰卡人和他们的印度兄弟有共同的祖先。
• 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 often wondered my ancestry.
  我时常对我的祖先们很好奇。