ancestral

英 [ænˈsestrəl]

美 [ænˈsestrəl]

adj.  祖先的; 祖传的

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柯林斯词典

• ADJ 祖先的；祖传的
  You useancestralto refer to a person's family in former times, especially when the family is important and has property or land which they have had for a long time.
  1. ...the family's ancestral home in southern Germany.
     这个家族在德国南部的祖居
  2. ...the ancestral portraits in the hallway.
     走廊里祖先的画像

英英释义

adj

• inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
  1. ancestral home
  2. ancestral lore
  3. hereditary monarchy
  4. patrimonial estate
  5. transmissible tradition
  Synonym:hereditarypatrimonialtransmissible
• of or belonging to or inherited from an ancestor

双语例句

• As you know, my ancestral home is in Taishan in Guangdong province.
  正如你们所知，我的祖籍在广东省台山。
• Its role was limited in ancestral temples to mediate the relation between gods and men.
  只是它的作用已仅限于在宗庙之中，协调人神之间的关系了。
• They kept their ancestral customs. My generation behaves differently from my father's and grandfather's.
  他们保持了祖辈的习俗。我这一代人和我父辈及祖辈表现不同。
• The world and the regional, national and international news is a mirror of one's own ancestral karma.
  世界和地区、国和国际新闻就是一个人自身家族业力的镜子。
• They are black, and Israel welcomes them to immigrate to their ancestral homeland.
  他们拥有黑色，而以色列欢迎他们回归其祖先的家园。
• It is Sirius Black's ancestral home, and the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix.
  它现在是小天狼星布莱克祖传的房子，和凤凰社的总部。
• Ancestral communication, maternity, paternity, fellowship, divine oaths.
  与祖先沟通，母性，父权，团体关系，神的誓约（神的诅咒）。
• This article tries to research its cultural features from the architecture culture, ancestral hall culture and human culture.
  本文试图从其独具特色的建筑文化、浓郁的宗祠文化及传承不断的人文文化三方面来阐述其文化特色。
• They sold their ancestral estate long ago.
  他们早就变卖了祖上传下来的产业。
• Each big families all have own ancestral hall, is consecrating this family ancestor in there.
  每个大家庭都有自己的宗祠，在那里供奉着这个家庭的祖先。