ancestry词典解释

1. [C][U]列祖列宗 the family or the race of people that you are descended from

1. 祖先：我对他对移民的缺乏了解感到遗憾,其实不论拉美、澳洲还是在海南,移民崇拜的多数是他们的首领(chief)而不是他们的祖先(ancestry). 这是因为移民是一个五湖四海集聚的群体,如果还在谈什么血缘、帮派那他们就没有凝聚力了,

2. 世系：然而,最近5年来的遗传学和考古学发现改变了这幅图景,催生出一系列新视角,洞悉家猫的世系(ancestry)以及家猫与人类关系的演化. silvestris)这个单一种的后代,但他们无法证实这一点. 此外,这个种的分布范围并不局限于地球上的某个小区域.

3. 祖先,先辈：origin 出身 |ancestry 祖先,先辈 | ancestors, forebears, forefathers 祖先

4. ancestry

4. 祖先(集合称), 家系, 血统：for a season 一会儿 |ancestry 祖先(集合称), 家系, 血统 | Pa. Pennsylvania 美国宾夕法尼亚州州名

1. Many of the early settlers in America had English ancestry.
   许多美洲上早期殖民者有英国血统。
2. These buildings have an ancestry which can be traced back to Greece and Rome.
   这些建筑物历史悠久,可上溯至古希腊古罗马时代。
3. He was able to trace his ancestry back over 1000 years.
   他将自己的世系追溯到了1000年以前。
4. He boasted of his ancestry.
   他夸耀自己出身名门。
5. She takes great pride in her ancestry.
   她对自己的家世感到自豪。
6. He is of noble ancestry.
   他出身贵族。
7. Most white people are of European ancestry.
   白多具有欧洲血统。
8. Public schools admit children of all ancestries and religions.
   公立学校招收各种家庭和宗教背景的学生。
9. His wife was of royal ancestry.
   他的妻子是王族的后裔。
10. He was proud of his Native American ancestry.
    他为自己美洲土著的血统而自豪。

• Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious.

  出自：Addison

• I can trace my ancestry back to a protoplasmal primordial atomic globule.

  出自：W. S. Gilbert

• Somewhere in the ancestry of Janus there must have been a happy 'nick' which gave him the peculiar characteristics of the Quarter horse.

  出自：M. C. Self

• The explanation of consumer behaviour has its ancestry in a much older problem.

  出自：J. K. Galbraith

1. ancestry的基本意思是“列祖列宗”,是“祖先”的统称,用作可数名词时常用单数形式,也可用作不可数名词。