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legacy

英 [ˈleɡəsi]

美 [ˈleɡəsi]

n.  遗产; 遗赠财物; 遗留; 后遗症

复数:legacies 

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Collins.2 / BNC.5067 / COCA.3189

同义词辨析

heritageinheritancelegacy【导航词义:遗产】

heritagen. 遗产
〔辨析〕
指国家、社会等长期形成的历史、传统和特色,涵盖文化、语言、建筑等多个方面。
〔例证〕
the cultural heritage of France
法国的文化遗产
People are gradually realizing the importance of preserving national heritage.
人们正逐渐意识到保护民族遗产的重要性。
inheritancen. 继承物,遗产
〔辨析〕
指从逝者那里得到的钱财等,也指仍对人们有影响的思想、文学等。
〔例证〕
He feared losing his inheritance to his elder brother.
他担心他继承的遗产会被哥哥夺走。
Confucian ideas have become part of our cultural inheritance.
儒家思想已成为我们文化遗产的一部分。
legacyn. 遗产;遗留
〔辨析〕
指从逝者那里继承得到的钱财等,也指历史(如文化、传统、战争等)的遗留影响或问题。
〔例证〕
He received a small legacy from his grandfather.
他从祖父那里继承了一小笔遗产。
The Greeks have a rich legacy of literature.
希腊人有丰富的文学遗产。
The war left a legacy of destruction and hatred.
这场战争留下的是破坏和仇恨。

牛津词典

    noun

    • 遗产;遗赠财物
      money or property that is given to you by sb when they die
      1. They each received a legacy of $5 000.
        他们每人得到了5 000元的遗产。
    • 遗留;遗产;后遗症
      a situation that exists now because of events, actions, etc. that took place in the past
      1. Future generations will be left with a legacy of pollution and destruction.
        留给子孙后代的将是环境的污染与破坏。

    柯林斯词典

    • N-COUNT 遗产;遗赠
      Alegacyis money or property which someone leaves to you when they die.
      1. You could make a real difference to someone's life by leaving them a generous legacy.
        慷慨留下您的遗产,改写他人的人生。
    • N-COUNT (事件或历史的)遗留问题,后遗症
      Alegacy ofan event or period of history is something which is a direct result of it and which continues to exist after it is over.
      1. ...a programme to overcome the legacy of inequality and injustice created by Apartheid...
        旨在消除种族隔离政策所遗留的不平等与不公正问题的项目
      2. The old system has left a mixed legacy.
        旧制度留下的遗产有好有坏。

    英英释义

    noun

    • (law) a gift of personal property by will
        Synonym:bequest

      双语例句

      • Co-existence of services with legacy code supports the gradual transition of system functions to the new architecture.
        与遗留代码服务共存,支持将系统功能逐步过渡到新体系结构。
      • So that's my record and, I hope, my legacy.
        那就是我的纪录,我希望,它也是我的遗产。
      • To achieve these goals requires multiple systems and technologies, both legacy and new, working together.
        要实现这一目标,则需要多个系统和多种技术(包括新技术和旧技术)共同发挥作用。
      • I think that my legacy is the leaders within IBM that I have mentored and coached over the years.
        我想,我的遗产就是我多年来在IBM内部指导和培养的领导者。
      • He inherited substantial property subtracted legacy tax.
        减去遗产税,他继承了富裕的财产。
      • I inherited his name and his legacy.
        我继承了他的名字和权利。
      • The moderates, on the other hand, have left an ambiguous and, in the end, harmful legacy.
        而温和派们则始终态度含糊,最终,遗患无穷。
      • What mechanisms have been adopted for the integration of new and legacy systems?
        为新系统和遗留系统的集成采用了什么机制?
      • The equivalent commands in GRUB Legacy are hide and unhide.
        GRUBLegacy中同样的命令是hide和unhide。
      • They now have to cope with the legacy of their past incompetence writ large on their balance sheets.
        他们现在不得不处理由于过去工作不力所遗留下的问题,这在资产负债表上一看便知。