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

• My first hula lessons triggered much karma in my ancestry around seduction and dance.
  我的第一节草裙舞课程触发了我祖先中围绕诱惑与舞蹈的大量的业力。
• I intend to forgive my ancestry for hunting dolphins, whales or any other kingdom.
  我意愿宽恕我的祖先所做的猎捕海豚、鲸鱼或任何其他王国。
• 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。
• Ancestry is more about geography.
  祖先是更多的与地理相关。
• 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。
• 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。
• They are citizens of Chinese ancestry.
  他们是中国血统的公民。
• I classified her ancestry as African american.
  我判断她有非洲和美洲的血统。
• 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。