of ... ancestry• In all cases the explanation is that there is some sort of physicalattraction between the centromeres of similar ancestry.• This was wu-shu, the combat of my ancestry.• Some churches are no doubt of Roman ancestry.• She was not perhaps very courageous, which was unexpected in one of her ancestry.• Certainly I could list the white part of my ancestry.• There would have to be portraits, artifacts, papers, some silverware, an officially prepared record of his ancestry.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + ANCESTRY | ANCESTRY + VERB | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤common, shared共同的祖先◇The two species have developed from a common ancestry.這兩個物種源自同一個祖先。➤African, Japanese, etc.非洲人、日本人等的祖先VERB + ANCESTRY➤claim, have, share聲稱⋯為祖先;有祖先;擁有共同的祖先◇Humans share a common ancestry with chimpanzees.人類與黑猩猩擁有共同的祖先。➤trace追溯祖先◇We can trace our ancestry back to the 17th century.我們的祖先可追溯到 17 世紀。ANCESTRY + VERB➤go back to祖先可追溯到⋯◇The company claims an ancestry going back to 1727.該公司稱其歷史可追溯到 1727 年。PHRASES➤be of Irish, German, etc. ancestry是愛爾蘭、德國等祖籍◇He is of Chinese ancestry.他祖籍中國。