legacy

名词 legacy:

1. (law) a gift of personal property by will
   同义词：bequest

1. Remove a legacy from a will, because the item concerned no longer exist.
   因为有关物品已不再存在从遗嘱中将其除消。
2. He left me a small legacy in a nuncupative will, as a token of his kindness to me.
   他囗头遗言上遗留给我一点小小遗产作为他对我关爱的表徵。
3. His weak chest was a legacy of a childhood illness.
   他那瘦弱的胸脯是儿时患病的后遗症。
4. These are the cultural legacies of the Renaissance.
   这些是文艺复兴时期的文化遗产。

leg.a.cy

n.（名词）
【复数】 leg.a.cies
Money or property bequeathed to another by will.
遗产，遗赠：根据遗嘱留给另一个人的金钱或财产
Something handed down from an ancestor or a predecessor or from the past:
遗产：祖先、前人或过去相传下来的某种东西：
例句：
a legacy of religious freedom.See Synonyms at heritage
宗教自由的遗产参见 heritage

来源：
Middle English legacie [office of a deputy]
中古英语 legacie [副职职位]
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Medieval Latin lôg3tia
源自 中世纪拉丁语 lôg3tia
from Latin lôg3tus [past participle of] lôg3re [to depute, bequeath] * see leg-
源自 拉丁语 lôg3tus [] lôg3re的过去分词 [委派…为代表，按遗嘱把…遗留给] *参见 leg-