legacy

英['leɡəsi]美['leɡəsi]
  • n. 遗赠物；先人或过去遗留下来的东西
  • adj. [计算机]旧系统的

    • 记忆方法

    词源词根法
    来自拉丁语legatus，大使，使节，词源同legate，来自PIE*leg，读，说，词源同legible.引申词义指定，任命。后词义发生变化，用于指遗嘱，遗赠。比较legate，legatee.
    谐音记忆法
    还可谐音：拉关系，为了遗产拉关系。
      noun(名词)
      1. 遗产，遗赠
      2. 历史遗产，遗留物

    双解例句

    noun(名词)
    1. 遗产，遗赠

      An elderly cousin had left her a small legacy.

      一位堂兄留给她一小笔遗产。

    2. 历史遗产，遗留物

      The Greeks have a rich legacy of literature.

      希腊人有丰富的文学遗产。

      The war has left a legacy of hatred.

      那场战争给人们留下了仇恨。

    小知识

    Use the word, legacy, for something handed down from one generation to the next. A retiring company president might leave a legacy of honesty and integrity.

    Legacy comes from the Latin verb, legare “to appoint by a last will, send as an ambassador.” Originally, the noun meant “ambassador” or “envoy” but soon shifted to mean the money and property a person leaves behind in his will. Many university scholarships are funded by the legacies of former students. In recent usage, political leaders are said to be concerned with their legacies, the historically significant achievements of their tenure in office.

    实用短语

    1. the bourne legacy

      谍影重重4伯恩的遗产,神鬼传承,伯恩的遗产,谍影重重

    2. legacy system

      传统系统,遗留系统,遗产系统,旧系统

    3. tron legacy

      电子世界争霸战,创战纪,电子争霸战

    4. eternal legacy

      不朽的神迹,官方中文版,永恒的遗产,不朽的神迹游戏

    5. elven legacy

      精灵遗产,精灵遗产围攻,英文名称,作弊码

    6. brilliant legacy

      灿烂的遗产

    7. the legacy

      第二代军团,遗产军团,遗产,魔戒

    8. legacy of rage

      龙在江湖,在江湖

    9. eternal legacy hd

      不朽的神迹高清版,不朽的神迹,通用版,中文版

    常用短语

    1. legacy system

      遗留系统

    单词用法

    词组短语
    legacy system遗留系统；

    同义词

    will

    同根词

    词根：legate

    n.

    legate罗马教皇的使节；使者

    vt.

    legate当做遗产让与