patrimony

英 ['p?tr?m?n?] 美['p?tr?moni]

GRE暢通詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?patrimonies;

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(cái)產(chǎn)，祖?zhèn)鬟z產(chǎn)，文物。

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.

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(guó)名勝古跡托管協(xié)會(huì)開始行動(dòng)起來(lái)拯救英國(guó)面臨威脅的文物級(jí)鄉(xiāng)村宅第。

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?cái)產(chǎn)。

3. They maintained a superior legal position and imposed traditional notions of patrimony.: 男性擁有較優(yōu)勢(shì)的法令地位,并受益于有繼承家業(yè)的傳統(tǒng)觀念.

4. Gambling has come to the rescue of China's cultural patrimony.: 賭博來(lái)拯救中國(guó)的文化遺產(chǎn)了.