音标:['ænsestri] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
n. 祖先, 世系, 名门出身
n. inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
词型变化:名词复数形式 : ancestries
考试类型:[托福/GRE]
词性分布:
名词100%

ancestry的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. Many of the early settlers in America had English ancestry.许多早期美国移民的祖先都是英国人。
  2. He cames of a good ancestry.他家世很好。
  3. He is an American of French ancestry.他是法国血统的美国人。

常见句型

用作名词(n.)
  1. Many of the early settlers in America had English ancestry.许多美洲大陆上早期殖民者有英国血统。
  2. These buildings have an ancestry which can be traced back to Greece and Rome.这些建筑物历史悠久,可上溯至古希腊古罗马时代。
  3. He was able to trace his ancestry back over 1000 years.他将自己的世系追溯到了1000年以前。
  4. He boasted of his ancestry.他夸耀自己出身名门。
  5. She takes great pride in her ancestry.她对自己的家世感到自豪。
  6. He is of noble ancestry.他出身贵族。
  7. Most white people are of European ancestry.白人大多具有欧洲血统。
  8. Public schools admit children of all ancestries and religions.公立学校招收各种家庭和宗教背景的学生。
  9. His wife was of royal ancestry.他的妻子是王族的后裔。
  10. He was proud of his Native American ancestry.他为自己美洲土著的血统而自豪。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)
动词+~
  • have Scottish ancestry祖籍苏格兰
  • trace one's ancestry寻根
形容词+~
  • lineal ancestry直系祖先
~+名词
  • ancestry distinction家门显贵
介词+~
  • a family of Danish ancestry祖先是丹麦人的家庭
  • a youth of royal ancestry出身皇族的青年
  • an American of Chinese ancestry中国血统的美国人
  • citizens of foreign ancestry外国血统的公民
  • be born of good ancestry出身名门
  • be of French ancestry有法国血统

经典引文

  • Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious.

    出自:Addison
  • I can trace my ancestry back to a protoplasmal primordial atomic globule.

    出自:W. S. Gilbert
  • Somewhere in the ancestry of Janus there must have been a happy 'nick' which gave him the peculiar characteristics of the Quarter horse.

    出自:M. C. Self
  • The explanation of consumer behaviour has its ancestry in a much older problem.

    出自:J. K. Galbraith
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