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ancestral + noun (place)
They returned to their ancestral home in the countryside.
他们回到了乡下的祖宅。
祖先的；祖传的
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祖先的；祖传的
relating to or inherited from one's ancestors
They returned to their ancestral home in the countryside.
他们回到了乡下的祖宅。
属于、关于、源自或为祖先所拥有的。
Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors.
They returned to their ancestral village in the mountains.
他们回到了山里的祖籍村庄。
We follow many ancestral traditions during the Lunar New Year.
我们在农历新年期间遵循许多祖传习俗。
The family has lived on this ancestral land for centuries.
这个家族在这块祖传的土地上居住了几个世纪。
They returned to their ancestral home in the countryside.
他们回到了乡下的祖宅。
“祖传的”强调继承关系。
The family sold its ancestral land to developers.
这家人把祖传的土地卖给了开发商。
We still observe many ancestral traditions during the festival.
节日期间我们仍遵循许多祖先传下来的传统。
Not this
I have many ancestral in my family tree.
Use this
I have many ancestors in my family tree.
误将形容词“ancestral”当作名词使用，受中文“祖先”影响。应用名词“ancestors”。
Not this
This is our ancestor home.
Use this
This is our ancestral home.
遗漏形容词后缀“-al”，导致使用名词“ancestor”修饰名词，应使用形容词“ancestral”。
Not this
It is a ancestral custom.
Use this
It is an ancestral custom.
忽略了“ancestral”以元音音素开头，应用不定冠词“an”而非“a”。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
祖宅；祖籍故居
They returned to their ancestral home in the countryside.
他们回到了乡下的祖宅。
祖籍村庄；祖先居住的村子
Every summer, she visits her ancestral village.
每年夏天，她都回祖籍村庄看看。
祖传土地；祖地
The tribe is fighting to protect its ancestral lands.
该部落正在为保护其祖传土地而斗争。
祖先的灵魂；祖灵
In many cultures, people make offerings to ancestral spirits.
在许多文化中，人们向祖灵献祭。
宗祠；祠堂
The family gathered at the ancestral hall for the ceremony.
全家人聚集在祠堂参加仪式。
祖传遗产；祖先留下的文化遗产
The family treasures its ancestral heritage.
这个家族珍视其祖传遗产。
祖先的声音预言着战争！
In Coleridge's poem 'Kubla Khan', the narrator hears ancestral voices that forecast conflict.
在柯勒律治的诗歌《忽必烈汗》中，叙述者听到祖辈的声音预言战争。
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联想 ancestor（祖先）+ al（形容词后缀）：祖辈传下或拥有的东西就是 ancestral（祖先的）。
语域：formal 常见场景：historical writing、cultural heritage、inheritance and property ancestral 多用于正式或书面语境，比较常见于历史、文化传承或家族遗产的描述中；日常口语中较少使用。
真正同韵的是 orchestral（/ɔːrˈkɛstrəl/，重音后的 /ɛstrəl/ 与 ancestral 相同）。注意 ancestor（重音在首音节，末尾无 -al）、spectral（/kˈtrəl/ 而非 /strəl/）和 rural（/rʊrəl/）都只是形近词，读音并不相同。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.