(音標:英[ænˈsestrəl]、美[ænˈsestrəl])是英語中的形容詞,核心釋義為“祖先的;祖傳的”,主要用於描述與家族先輩或歷史傳承相關的事物。其詞源可追溯至16世紀古法語“ancestrel”,現普遍套用於文化、歷史、人類學及生物學等領域,常見搭配包括ancestral temple(祠堂)、ancestral home(祖籍)、ancestral property(祖產)等。
該詞在學術語境中常指代血緣或文化傳承,如東南亞原雞被視為家禽的祖先,也用於法律檔案中的祖產界定及醫學領域的祖細胞研究。其語義覆蓋祖傳習俗、宗族建築、生物進化等多重場景,並通過托福、雅思等考試例句驗證了跨學科適用性。英語學習資料中常以雙語例句展示其用法,如家族祖居地描述及文化遺產關聯表達。
基本介紹
- 外文名:ancestral
- 詞性:形容詞
- 英式音標:[ænˈsestrəl]
- 美式音標:[ænˈsestrəl]
單詞釋義
短語搭配
雙語例句
- Early embryos of many species develop ancestral features. 許多物種的早期胚胎具有其祖先的特性。
- This ancestral species might have evolved at a time when the islands were connected. 這種祖先物種可能是在島嶼相連的時候進化而來的。
- Of today's different groups of algae, green algae are probably the most similar to ancestral plants. 在今天的眾多藻類中,綠藻可能與植物的祖先最為相似。
- If for any reason this does not happen, the ancestral feature may not disappear, leading to an atavism. 如果因為任何原因,這些事情沒有發生,祖先的種種特性也許就不會消失,從而導致返祖現象。
- The first, Paleo-Indian, wave more than 15,000 years ago was ancestral to all Central and South American Indians. 在一萬五千多年前進行第一次遷移的是古印度人,他們是美洲中部和南部的印第安人的祖先。
- There's a lot of frying going on at this particular place and this is something that's not typical of ancestral human diets. 在這個地方,有很多油炸食品,但這不是我們祖先的日常飲食。
- Perhaps that is why we explore the starry skies, as if answering a primal calling to know ourselves and our true ancestral homes. 也許這就是我們探索星空的原因,仿佛在回應一種原始的召喚,去了解我們自己和我們祖先真正的家園。
- The third wave, perhaps 10,000 or 9,000 years ago, saw the migration from North-east Asia of groups ancestral to the modern Eskimo and Aleut. 第三次浪潮大約發生在一萬或九千年前,見證了東北亞的祖先群體向現代愛斯基摩人和阿留申人的遷移。
- Founder mutations are a class of disease-causing genetic mutations, each derived from its own ancestral "founder" in whom the mutation originated. 創始者突變是一類引起疾病的基因突變,每一種都源自其自身祖先的“創始者”。
- We speak a decimal language because an ancestral tongue, proto-Indo-European, was decimally based. 我們說的是十進制的語言,這是因為我們的始祖語言——原始印歐語——是基於十進制的。
- Fossils show how the nostrils of ancestral whales moved from the tip of the snout to the top of the head. 化石展現了鯨魚的鼻孔是如何一步步地從它們祖先長鼻子的末端跑到頭頂上去的。
- Nunavut believe their best hope of survival in this changing environment lies in combining their ancestral knowledge with the best modern science. 努納武特人認為生存於不斷變化的環境的最大希望在於結合先人的智慧與先進的現代科學。
- An ancestral species might have adapted to exploit a particular ecological niche on one island and then traveled over water to colonize other islands. 一個原始物種可能已經適應了利用一個島嶼上特定的生態位,然後在水上遷徙到其他島嶼定居。
- Perhaps the most striking sign of mobility is the fact that by the third millennium B.C., most pastoralists in this huge region spoke related languages ancestral to the modern Indo-European languages. 可能在人口流動性方面最具說服力的標誌是,公元前3000年,在這片廣袤的土地上大部分牧民講的相關語言,現代印歐語系就從中發展而來。
- These paralogous genes have arisen by repeated duplication of an ancestral gene. 這些平行進化同源基因是通過重複複製祖先基因而產生的。
- I'm a Leo.My ancestral home is in Sichuan. “我1977年出生,獅子座,老家在四川”。
- But our ancestral mothers had other problems. 但我們的先母們面臨著其他的問題。
- The above accords well with ancestral conditions. 上述的情況在原始的條件下也是適合的。
- Distribute it according to your ancestral tribes. 你們要按宗族的支派承受。
- Exactly how naughty were we in our ancestral environment? 我們的祖先在他們的生活圈中究竟有多么的不安分?
- These are things that are scary in our ancestral environment. 有東西讓我們的祖先提心弔膽。
- New migrant wealth also threatens to shake up the ancestral balance of power. 新的民工財產也威脅著要動搖祖傳的權力平衡。
- The Qingming Festival in spring is the occasion for visiting ancestral graves. 清明節是掃墓拜祭先人的日子。
- Each group carried only a subset of the genetic variation from its ancestral population. 每個族群只攜帶有他們祖先群體中遺傳變異的一部分。
- Why should we leave our ancestral home? We should return; nothing will happen to us! 我們應該回去,不會有事的!
- It's time for him to cancel the tour and reconnect with his ancestral home in Greece. 現在,應該是他取消那些售書活動,並與他祖先居住的希臘重新取得聯繫的時候了。
- My ancestral village, Dhanikhola, is several hours north of here, in a district called Mymensingh. 我的老家丹尼科拉村在北邊一個叫美門沁的地方,離這裡有幾個小時路程。
- I recognise that in a genuine peace we'll be required to give up parts of the ancestral Jewish homeland. 我承認,為了獲得真正的和平,要求我們放棄部分祖傳的猶太故土。

