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patrimony
家底
核心释义
a church endowment
- 1.
从父亲或更广泛意义上的男性祖先继承的权利或遗产
A right or estate inherited from one's father; or, in a larger sense, from any male ancestor.
- 2.
教堂产业
a church endowment
- 3.
以前指教会的地产或捐赠
Formerly, a church estate or endowment.
- 4.
祖传遗产(尤指长子继承的)
an inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture)
从父亲或更广泛意义上的男性祖先继承的权利或遗产；教堂产业；以前指教会的地产或捐赠；祖传遗产(尤指长子继承的)
用法In use
The cathedral's vast patrimony includes several historic estates.
用法提示：这里“patrimony”指大教堂拥有的教会捐赠财产。
The church used its patrimonies to fund community projects.
用法提示：“patrimonies”是复数，指多项教会捐赠。
Donations to the monastery became part of its sacred patrimony.
用法提示：“patrimony”强调捐赠成为教会遗产。
possessive determiner + patrimony
常用所有格修饰家底。
He squandered his patrimony.
他挥霍了他的家底。
patrimony of + noun
表示...的家底或遗产。
The patrimony of the church was extensive.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- national patrimony
- 国家遗产
- The ancient temple is part of our national patrimony.这座古庙是我们国家遗产的一部分。
- cultural patrimony
- 文化遗产
- Laws protect the cultural patrimony of indigenous communities.法律保护土著社区的文化遗产。
- family patrimony
- 家庭祖产
- He inherited the family patrimony after his father died.父亲去世后，他继承了家族祖产。
- ecclesiastical patrimony
- 教会产业
- The bishop managed the ecclesiastical patrimony carefully.主教谨慎地管理教会产业。
- common patrimony
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
patrimony里的patri-让人联想到father，记住是父亲或祖先传下的遗产，如长子继承的家产。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：legal documents、historical texts、formal heritage discussions patrimony 多用于正式或法律语境，指从父亲或男性祖先继承的财产或权利，也可指教会产业或祖传遗产。日常口语中更常用 inheritance，理解时需根据上下文判断。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Only 'matrimony' rhymes with 'patrimony' /ˈpætrəmoʊni/: both share /ˈ...trəmoʊni/. The other listed words are lookalikes: 'testimony' /ˈtestəmoʊni/, 'ceremony' /ˈserəmoʊni/, 'alimony' /ˈæləmoʊni/, and 'parsimony' /ˈpɑːrsəmoʊni/ have different stressed vowels or consonant clusters, and 'harmony' /ˈhɑːrməni/ does not end in /moʊni/. Therefore none of those rhyme with 'patrimony'.
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