Legacies n. 遗产(legacy的复数)
- 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。 - The protection and use of non-matter cultural legacies depend on each other.
摘要非物质文化遗产的保护与利用是紧密联系在一起的。 - His chance to steer the course of history is what legends and legacies are made of.
他主导历史发展方向的机会将充满着传奇色彩和历史气息。
Legacy \Leg"a*cy\ (l[e^]g"[.a]*s[y^]), n.; pl. {Legacies}
(-s[i^]z). [L. (assumed) legatia, for legatum, from legare to
appoint by last will, to bequeath as a legacy, to depute: cf.
OF. legat legacy. See {Legate}.]
1. A gift of property by will, esp. of money or personal
property; a bequest. Also Fig.; as, a legacy of dishonor
or disease.
2. A business with which one is intrusted by another; a
commission; -- obsolete, except in the phrases last
legacy, dying legacy, and the like.
My legacy and message wherefore I am sent into the
world. --Tyndale.
He came and told his legacy. --Chapman.
{Legacy duty}, a tax paid to government on legacies.
--Wharton.
{Legacy hunter}, one who flatters and courts any one for the
sake of a legacy.