primogeniture
英 [,praɪmə(ʊ)'dʒenɪtʃə]
美[,praɪmo'dʒɛnɪtʃɚ]
- n. 长子身份;长子继承权
英英释义
- 1. right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son
实用场景例句
- He inherited his father by right of his primogeniture.
- 他凭着长子继承权,继承了他父亲的财产.
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中文词源
primogeniture 长子身份
来自prime,第一的,首先的,-gen,生育,出生,词源同gene,generate.引申词义长子,长子身份。
助记提示
1、primo- + genit- + -ure.
2、含义:first-born, right of succession of the first-born.
2、含义:first-born, right of succession of the first-born.
双语例句
- 1. He inherited his father by right of his primogeniture.
- 他凭着长子继承权,继承了他父亲的财产.
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英文词源
- primogeniture (n.)
- "right of succession of the first-born," c. 1600, from French primogeniture and directly from Medieval Latin primogenitura, from Late Latin primogenitus "first-born," from Latin primo (adv.) "first in order of time," from primus "first" (see prime (adj.)) + genitus, past participle of gignere "to beget" (see genus). Earlier it meant simply "fact of being first-born" (1590s).