ancestral

英 [ænˈsestrəl]

美 [ænˈsestrəl]

adj.  祖先的; 祖传的

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Collins.1 / BNC.11879 / COCA.8966

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 祖先的；祖传的
  You useancestralto refer to a person's family in former times, especially when the family is important and has property or land which they have had for a long time.
  1. ...the family's ancestral home in southern Germany.
     这个家族在德国南部的祖居
  2. ...the ancestral portraits in the hallway.
     走廊里祖先的画像

英英释义

adj

• inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
  1. ancestral home
  2. ancestral lore
  3. hereditary monarchy
  4. patrimonial estate
  5. transmissible tradition
  Synonym:hereditarypatrimonialtransmissible
• of or belonging to or inherited from an ancestor

双语例句

• Driven to desperation, my grandfather hanged himself on a tree beside our ancestral graves.
  被逼得无路可走，我祖父在祖坟旁的一棵树上吊死了。
• I forgot about the ancestral rite today.
  我忘记今天要拜祭祖先了。
• As you know, my ancestral home is in Taishan in Guangdong province.
  正如你们所知，我的祖籍在广东省台山。
• The old rule barring women and poor people from the banquets in the ancestral temples has also been broken.
  女子和穷人不能进祠堂吃酒的老例，也被打破。
• They are black, and Israel welcomes them to immigrate to their ancestral homeland.
  他们拥有黑色，而以色列欢迎他们回归其祖先的家园。
• Zhang Fei ancestral temples have spread to all the country during Ming and Qing dynasties.
  张飞祠庙在历史时期得到了很大的发展，明清更是遍及全国各地。
• You insist you know where you are but they it is part of their ancestral wisdom know better.
  你坚持说，知道自己在哪里，但他们，作为古老智慧的继承者，知道得比你清楚。
• Its role was limited in ancestral temples to mediate the relation between gods and men.
  只是它的作用已仅限于在宗庙之中，协调人神之间的关系了。
• This article tries to research its cultural features from the architecture culture, ancestral hall culture and human culture.
  本文试图从其独具特色的建筑文化、浓郁的宗祠文化及传承不断的人文文化三方面来阐述其文化特色。
• Foshan is important because of its Ancestral Temple and its handicrafts.
  佛山有名是因为这里的佛山祖庙和手工艺品。