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

• 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。
• They are citizens of Chinese ancestry.
  他们是中国血统的公民。
• 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。
• 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 classified her ancestry as African american.
  我判断她有非洲和美洲的血统。
• Most people of European or African ancestry have the "wet" kind: thick and sticky.
  大部分欧洲和非洲血统的人耳垢较湿，厚且粘。
• 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。
• His Japanese ancestry has been played up by some of his opponents.
  他的日本血统被一些对手大肆渲染。
• 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。