Legacy
[ 'lɛgəsi ]
第5级
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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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You mature quickly.
这种人成熟得快。
You don't have to pay any duty on personal belongings.
你不必在个人财产上付任何税。
Once he had done this, he had been able to turn on the supply.
一旦他接上了接头，他就能够打开供气阀。