patrimony
英 ['p?tr?m?n?]
美['p?tr?moni]
- n. 遺產(chǎn)；祖?zhèn)鞯呢斘铮焕^承物（特征、性格等）；教會的財產(chǎn)
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?patrimonies;
中文詞源
patrimony 文物，祖?zhèn)鬟z產(chǎn)
patri-,父親，-mony,名詞后綴。引申詞義父親留下的財產(chǎn)，祖?zhèn)鬟z產(chǎn)，文物。
英文詞源
- patrimony
- patrimony: see patron
- patrimony (n.)
- mid-14c., "property of the Church," also "spiritual legacy of Christ," from Old French patremoine "heritage, patrimony" (12c.) and directly from Latin patrimonium "a paternal estate, inheritance from a father," also figurative, from pater (genitive patris) "father" (see father (n.)) + -monium, suffix signifying action, state, condition. Meaning "property inherited from a father or ancestors" is attested from late 14c. Figurative sense of "immaterial things handed down from the past" is from 1580s. A curious sense contrast to matrimony.
雙語例句
- 1. In the 1930's, The National Trust began its campaign to save Britain's patrimony of threatened country houses.
- 20世紀(jì)30年代，全國名勝古跡托管協(xié)會開始行動起來拯救英國面臨威脅的文物級鄉(xiāng)村宅第。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. I left my parents' house, relinquished my estate and my patrimony.
- 我離開了父母的家，放棄了我的房產(chǎn)和祖?zhèn)髫敭a(chǎn)。
來自辭典例句
- 3. They maintained a superior legal position and imposed traditional notions of patrimony.
- 男性擁有較優(yōu)勢的法令地位,并受益于有繼承家業(yè)的傳統(tǒng)觀念.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 4. Gambling has come to the rescue of China's cultural patrimony.
- 賭博來拯救中國的文化遺產(chǎn)了.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. His grandfather left the patrimony to him.
- 他的祖父把祖?zhèn)鞯呢斘锪艚o了他.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)