legacy[英文解釋]

legacy 是英語辭彙，基本釋義為遺產、遺贈。 [C]遺產，遺贈物 money or other property that one receives from sb who has died,in accordance with their wishes officially recorded while they were alive [C]遺留之物 sth passed on or left behind by sb or sth

基本信息

• 中文名：遺產、遺贈；遺留的、老舊的
• 英文名：legacy

• 英式音標：'leɡəsi
• 美式音標：'leɡəsi
• 詞性：名詞、形容詞
• 名詞性意義：遺贈物；先人遺留下來的東西
• 形容詞性意義：[計算機]舊系統的

英英釋義

Noun:

(law) a gift of personal property by will

1.

(law) a gift of personal property by will

雙語例句

名詞n. [C]

1. 遺產；遺贈

His uncle left him a legacy of $50,000.

他叔父給他留下五萬元遺產。

He left me a smalllegacyin a nuncupative will, as a token of his kindness to me.

他囗頭遺言上遺留給我一點小小遺產作為他對我關愛的表征。

He is the legal heir to thelegacy.

他是這個遺產的法定繼承人。

1.

His uncle left him a legacy of $50,000.

他叔父給他留下五萬元遺產。

2.

He left me a smalllegacyin a nuncupative will, as a token of his kindness to me.

他囗頭遺言上遺留給我一點小小遺產作為他對我關愛的表征。

3.

He is the legal heir to thelegacy.

他是這個遺產的法定繼承人。

2. 留給後人的東西

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind.

書是偉大的天才留給人類的精神財富。

These are the culturallegaciesof the Renaissance.

這些是文藝復興時期的文化遺產。

They are the most precious culturallegacyour forefathers left.

它們是我們祖先留下來的最寶貴的文化遺產。

1.

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind.

書是偉大的天才留給人類的精神財富。

2.

These are the culturallegaciesof the Renaissance.

這些是文藝復興時期的文化遺產。

3.

They are the most precious culturallegacyour forefathers left.

它們是我們祖先留下來的最寶貴的文化遺產。

形容詞a.

【電腦】（用於過時的軟體或硬體產生的數據等）遺留下來又難以更新的; 老化的

辭彙搭配

•residuary legacy剩餘財產遺贈...

•legacy tax遺產稅

•pecuniary legacy金錢遺贈

•legacy duty<主英>遺產稅...

•demonstrative legacy指示遺贈

•general legacy普通遺贈

•cumulative legacy累積遺贈

經典引文

Perhaps a rich relative would die and leave him a legacy.

出自：C. Hope