patrimony

英 ['p?tr?m?n?] 美['p?tr?moni]

GRE暢通詞匯

復數:?patrimonies;

patrimony 文物，祖傳遺產

patri-,父親，-mony,名詞后綴。引申詞義父親留下的財產，祖傳遺產，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30年代，全國名勝古跡托管協會開始行動起來拯救英國面臨威脅的文物級鄉村宅第。

2. I left my parents' house, relinquished my estate and my patrimony.: 我離開了父母的家，放棄了我的房產和祖傳財產。

3. They maintained a superior legal position and imposed traditional notions of patrimony.: 男性擁有較優勢的法令地位,并受益于有繼承家業的傳統觀念.

4. Gambling has come to the rescue of China's cultural patrimony.: 賭博來拯救中國的文化遺產了.