legacy 是英语辞彙，基本释义为遗产、遗赠。
[C]遗产，遗赠物 money or other property that one receives from sb who has died,in accordance with their wishes officially recorded while they were alive
[C]遗留之物 sth passed on or left behind by sb or sth
基本介绍
- 中文名遗产、遗赠；遗留的、老旧的
- 外文名legacy
- 英式音标/'leɡsi/
- 美式音标/'leɡsi/
- 词性名词、形容词
- 名词性意义遗赠物；先人遗留下来的东西
- 形容词性意义[计算机]旧系统的
英英释义
Noun:
- (law) a gift of personal property by will
双语例句
名词n. [C]
1. 遗产；遗赠
- His uncle left him a legacy of $50,000.
他叔父给他留下五万元遗产。 - He left me a smalllegacyin a nuncupative will, as a token of his kindness to me.
他囗头遗言上遗留给我一点小小遗产作为他对我关爱的表征。 - He is the legal heir to thelegacy.
他是这个遗产的法定继承人。
2. 留给后人的东西
- Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind.
书是伟大的天才留给人类的精神财富。 - These are the culturallegaciesof the Renaissance.
这些是文艺复兴时期的文化遗产。 - They are the most precious culturallegacyour forefathers left.
它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。
形容词a.
【电脑】（用于过时的软体或硬体产生的数据等）遗留下来又难以更新的; 老化的
辞彙搭配
- residuary legacy剩余财产遗赠...
- legacy tax遗产税
- pecuniary legacy金钱遗赠
- legacy duty<主英>遗产税...
- demonstrative legacy指示遗赠
- general legacy普通遗赠
- cumulative legacy累积遗赠
经典引文
Perhaps a rich relative would die and leave him a legacy.
出自C. Hope