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 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。
• Related by common characteristics or ancestry.
  有共同的特征和血统的关系。
• 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。
• 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。
• Many of their genes share a common ancestry and function with human genes, and this is particularly true for orthologous genes.
  许多它们的基因与人类基因共享一个共同的祖先和功能，这对直系同源基因是特别正确的。
• They are citizens of Chinese ancestry.
  他们是中国血统的公民。
• They trace their ancestry to King Xiutu of the Xiongnu.
  追溯到他们的祖先匈奴的休屠王。
• The origin of vertebrates and their ancestry are problems still obscured by too few facts.
  脊椎动物的起源和它们的始祖问题，由于事实太少仍然不很清楚。
• 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 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。