Legacy
[ 'lɛgəsi ]
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n. 遗产;遗赠;
💡 词根助记
leg腿，遗留之意+acy构成抽象名词，行为 → 遗赠(物), 遗产(祖先传下来)
📝 例句
His uncle left him a legacy of $50,000.
他叔父给他留下五万元遗产。
It was a legacy of his time in prison.
这是他坐牢的时候留下来的一个毛
The court would not even consider his claim for the old man' s legacy.
法庭根本不会考虑他所提出的对老人遗产的要求。
The legacy of past policies weighs heavily upon current ones.
以前政策遗留下来的问题对当前政策有很大影响。
An unexpected legacy enabled him to wipe off the debt on his house.
一笔意外的遗产使他全部偿还了他在住宅上所欠的债务。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ 谐音“赖个税”:得到遗产的人想赖掉个人所得税
※ leg-腿,a-一,cy-拼音“苍蝇”:腿是一只苍蝇的财产
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
legacy
n
1 money or property left to sb in a will 遗赠产; 遗赠的财物.
2 (fig 比喻) thing passed to sb by predecessors or from earlier events, etc 先人或过去遗留下来的东西
the cultural legacy of the Renaissance 文艺复兴时期的文化遗产
His weak chest was a legacy of a childhood illness. 他那瘦弱的胸脯是儿时患病的後遗症. Cf 参看 inheritance (inherit).
🎯 考研助记
叫化子对儿子说：腿(leg)一只(a),再见(cy-see you).这样这只腿就是他的 遗物 wangqidong 补充：腿祖先(leg)ac(动)是（y）遗产(祖先传下来)，直立行走是祖先传下来的遗产 网友：yqy 补充：“来个死”（谐音）：死了以后就可以领到遗产了；leg：法律。依法继承的遗产
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Say what?
你说什么？
He went pale at the news.
听到消息，他脸色发白。
But people who are cut off not only from foreign tourists, but even from their own countrymen can be hostile to travellers.
但是，那些不但与外国旅游者隔绝，而且与本国同胞隔绝的人们有可能对游客抱有敌意。