Legacy



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 遗产; 遗留之物
• ［英］ n. 遗产 ( bequest)
• ［类］ legacy : predecessor / gift : donor ( 前辈留下遗产 / 捐赠者留下赠品)
• ［记］ 来自legate ( 把...遗赠给) , leg ( 选择) +ate -> 选出接受 ( 遗产的人)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun (plural -cies)

• Etymology: Middle English legacie office of a legate, bequest, from Anglo-French or Medieval Latin; Anglo-French, office of a legate, from Medieval Latin legatia, from Latin legatus
• Date: 15th century
• 1. a gift by will especially of money or other personal property ; bequest
• 2. something transmitted by or received from an ancestor or predecessor or from the past <the legacy of the ancient philosophers>

II. adjective

• Date: 1990
• of, relating to, or being a previous or outdated computer system <transfer the legacy data><a legacy system>

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