legacy
noun /ˈleɡəsi/
/ˈleɡəsi/
(plural legacies)
- money or property that is given to you by somebody when they die
遗产；遗赠财物 - They each received a legacy of $5 000.
他们每人得到了 5 000 美元的遗产。
- She is the heir to a legacy of £1 million.
她是 100 万英镑遗产的继承人。 - She left her the money in a legacy.
她把这笔钱遗赠给了她。 - a legacy from my old teacher
我以前的老师的遗产
Collocations Dictionaryverb + legacy- bequeath (somebody)
- leave (somebody)
- get
- …
- in a/the legacy
- legacy from
- heir to a legacy
- They each received a legacy of $5 000.
- a situation that exists now because of events, actions, etc. that took place in the past
遗留问题；后遗症 - Future generations will be left with a legacy of pollution and destruction.
留给子孙后代的将是环境的污染与破坏。 - The problems were made worse by the legacy of centuries of neglect.
由于几个世纪的忽视，问题变得更加严重。
- His influence on younger musicians is perhaps his greatest legacy.
对年轻音乐人的影响或许就是他最伟大的遗产。 - She said she would continue her father's legacy.
她说她会传承父亲的遗产。 - Such attitudes are a legacy from colonial times.
这些观念是殖民地时期遗留下来的。 - These problems have arisen as a result of historical legacies.
这些问题是历史造成的。 - a great legacy of technical innovation
技术革新的伟大遗产 - the enduring legacy bequeathed by the war years
战争年代遗留下来的长期问题
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- enduring
- lasting
- great
- …
- bequeath (somebody)
- leave (somebody)
- leave behind
- …
- legacy from
- legacy of
- Future generations will be left with a legacy of pollution and destruction.
- something that somebody has done successfully and that has positive effects even after they retire or die
遗产： 某人成功完成的事情，即使退休或死亡也有积极影响- She was an active anti-bullying campaigner, and after she died her family set up a charity to ensure that her legacy lives on.
她是一名积极的反欺凌运动者，她去世后，她的家人成立了一个慈善机构，以确保她的遗产得以延续。
- She was an active anti-bullying campaigner, and after she died her family set up a charity to ensure that her legacy lives on.
- the idea that something created for an event in the past can be used in a different way in the future
遗留： 过去为事件创建的东西可以在将来以不同方式使用的想法- In the UK, the Olympic legacy lives on most strongly in East London where the Olympic Park is located.
在英国，奥林匹克遗产在奥林匹克公园所在的东伦敦保存得最为牢固。
- In the UK, the Olympic legacy lives on most strongly in East London where the Olympic Park is located.
词源late Middle English (also denoting the function or office of a deputy, especially a papal legate): from Old French legacie, from medieval Latin legatia ‘legateship’, from legatus ‘person delegated’, past participle of legare ‘depute, delegate, bequeath’.