legacy

• n. 遗赠，遗产

1. (law) a gift of personal property by will

Perhaps my expectations of lunches, water-cooler gossip and caring, deep-and-meaningful conversations were a legacy of the last time I was in that kind of office environment.

2019年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

It’s a really hard thing to do and it’s a tremendous luxury that BuzzFeed doesn’t have a legacy business,” Peretti remarked.

出自-2016年考研阅读原文

And if Peretti were in charge at the Times? “I wouldn’t pick a year to end print,” he said, “I would raise prices and make it into more of a legacy product.

出自-2016年考研阅读原文

"It's a really hard thing to do and it's a tremendous luxury that BuzzFeed doesn't have a legacy business," Peretti remarked.

2016年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

I would raise prices and make it into more of a legacy product.

2016年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Parkrun is succeeding where London's Olympic "legacy" is failing.

2017年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Planning documents pledged that the great legacy of the Games would be to lever a nation of sport lovers away from their couches.

2017年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

They each received a legacy of $5 000.

他们每人得到了5 000元的遗产。

牛津词典

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。

牛津词典

You could make a real difference to someone's life by leaving them a generous legacy.

慷慨留下您的遗产，改写他人的人生。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...a programme to overcome the legacy of inequality and injustice created by Apartheid...

旨在消除种族隔离政策所遗留的不平等与不公正问题的项目

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The old system has left a mixed legacy.

旧制度留下的遗产有好有坏。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.

它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产.

《简明英汉词典》

The exchange year is over but its legacy and influence to my life will be everlasting.

做为一名赴美公立交换生的学习生活结束了,但是这精彩的甚至有些传奇的经历将影响我未来的岁月.

期刊摘选

Kennedy and therefore part the Kennedy legacy, Maria had now brought an avid Republican the forefront.

现在玛丽亚将一个热切的共和党人带进了她的生活(编者注:肯尼迪家族是民主党,而施瓦辛格则是共和党).

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No legacy is so rich as honesty.

没有一笔遗产能象诚实一样丰厚.

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Matsushita made a considerable effort to pass on his company's legacy to each new recruit.

松下先生作了相当大的努力,把他的公司的优秀遗产传给每一个新成员.

辞典例句

What legacy shall we leave our children?

我们将给我们的孩子们留下什么遗产呢?

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She is always burning with desire to inherit the legacy.

她总是野心勃勃地想得到遗产.

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My parents have brothers and sisters , but when my grandparents died they quarrelled over the legacy.

我爸妈就有很多兄妹, 他们的父母去世的时候,一大家子就开始争遗产了.

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The legacy of Ancient Rome represented the overwhelming influence on Romanesque architecture.

古罗马的遗产体现在对罗马式建筑的巨大影响上.

《简明英汉词典》

Webster's longest lasting legacy is the changes he proposed in spelling.

韦伯斯特最深远最持久的影响在于他提出的关于拼写方面的改变.

超越目标英语 第6册

When he died he left behind a considerable legacy.

他死后留下很多遗产.

期刊摘选

Sergio: This mobile commerce is radically changing the business of legacy firms.

塞吉奥; 这种移动商务剧烈改变了以往老式公司的商业模式.

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They instill in you the legacy of Confucianism, especially the values of hierarchy and hard work.

他们慢慢给你灌输儒家的传统思想, 特别是等级和努力工作的价值.

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In 616 AD , said the resumption of Yangzhou, Yangzhou this legacy ever since.

公元616年, 复称扬州, 治所自此在今扬州.

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It's certainly a proud legacy.

这当然是一个令人自豪的传家宝.

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This provided a legacy in international cultural exchanges at the context of globalization.

这为今日全球化情境中的国际文化交流提供了遗产.

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More than anything else, says Mr Goenawan, Mr Yudhoyono's legacy should be a clean government.

古纳万说,别的且不论, 苏西诺留给印尼的将是一届廉洁政府.

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The division of his legacy caused chaos.

他的遗产分配引发了争吵.

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An enticing combination of colonial legacy, cultural diversity and progressive modernity.

一个由殖民地遗产 、 文化多样性和渐进的现代性三种因素组成的诱人的结合体.

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When a Japanese teacher retires, she leaves a legacy.

而日本的退休老师则把他们的心血留在了学校. ”

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These books are his legacy to the college.

这些书籍是他给学院的遗赠.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

In addition, NCs are capable of accessing legacy applications, which many organizations still use today.

此外, NC也能访问很多机构现在仍在使用的老的应用程序.

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The two brothers split on inheriting the legacy of their parents.

两兄弟为继承父母的遗产而闹翻.

《简明英汉词典》

He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.

他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物.

《简明英汉词典》

来自拉丁语legatus,大使，使节，词源同legate,来自PIE*leg,读，说，词源同legible.引申词义指定，任命。后词义发生变化，用于指遗嘱，遗赠。比较legate,legatee.

1. She offered to settle a legacy on Katharine.

她提出要把一笔遗产留给凯瑟琳。

来自柯林斯例句

2. They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.

它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. The legacy of Ancient Rome represented the overwhelming influence on Romanesque architecture.

古罗马的遗产体现在对罗马式建筑的巨大影响上.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. The two brothers split on inheriting the legacy of their parents.

两兄弟为继承父母的遗产而闹翻.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.

他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物.

来自《简明英汉词典》

legacy (n.)

late 14c., "body of persons sent on a mission," from Old French legatie "legate's office," from Medieval Latin legatia, from Latin legatus "ambassador, envoy," noun use of past participle of legare "appoint by a last will, send as a legate" (see legate). Sense of "property left by will" appeared in Scottish mid-15c.