ancestral

英 [ænˈsestrəl]

美 [ænˈsestrəl]

adj.  祖先的; 祖传的

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Collins.1 / BNC.11879 / COCA.8966

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

• His veins were full of ancestral blood that was rotten with this sort of unconscious brutality.
  他的血管里，充满了祖代传留的，由于这种不自觉的残忍而腐朽的血液。
• The work shows in great detail how the ancestral gene gained efficiency through duplication and division of labor.
  此项研究详细演示了古代基因是如何通过复制和劳动分工提升效率的。
• 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。
• The sea behind our ancestral house at Hikkaduwa on the southwestern coast of Sri Lanka was my friend.
  我家的祖屋位于斯里兰卡西南海岸的Hikkaduwa，而房子后面的大海就是我的朋友，是她听我讲话，给我带来安慰，同时她也令我着迷。
• Unlike jews, Gypsies have had no known ancestral land to hark back to.
  吉普塞人和犹太人不同，他们没有可以回想起来的已知的祖居地。
• I forgot about the ancestral rite today.
  我忘记今天要拜祭祖先了。
• With each recollection I intended to release the ancestral karma.
  在每一次回忆中，我意愿释放我的祖先业力。
• 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。
• 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。
• They sold their ancestral estate long ago.
  他们早就变卖了祖上传下来的产业。