| 单词 | ancestral |
| 释义 | ancestral (ænsestrəl ) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] You use ancestral to refer to a person's family in former times, especially when the family is important and has property or land which they have had for a long time. ...the family's ancestral home in southern Germany. ...the ancestral portraits in the hallway. Synonyms: inherited, hereditary, patriarchal, antecedent Collocations: ancestral home But if its showpiece has regained its ancestral home, it might just be at the expense of its soul. Times, Sunday Times (2007) ` Let him go now and begin the long journey back to his ancestral home before the break of day. THE ANCIENT AND SOLITARY REIGN (2004) `My home, my ancestral home, my old and inveterate Garay Street home! (2002) Pottery, prints, pressed flowers of Tachnadray, tartan novelties, photographs of the ancestral home. THE TARTAN RINGERS (2004) Thermal underwear and earmuffs are nature's way of telling us we're 30 degrees of latitude from our ancestral home. Times, Sunday Times (2017) Images of their son's rugged ancestral homeland were beamed into millions of American homes before the election. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Now 320,000 live in their ancestral homeland. Times, Sunday Times (2014) All of which and more I encountered on my childhood visits to my ancestral homeland. Times, Sunday Times (2014) They are supposed to be a protected people, but they are fighting for their survival and that of their ancestral land. Times, Sunday Times They are hungry for land, and to return to their ancestral land. ST It was only in 1975, after vigorous campaigning, that it was handed back 185,000 acres of ancestral land. Times, Sunday Times They were made rich by the richest platinum deposits in the world on their 450 square miles of ancestral land. The Sun Illiteracy among smallholders means that they can fall prey to scams by signing away tenancy rights or selling ancestral land for well below the market rate. Times, Sunday Times In its texts they can rediscover their ancestral language. Times,Sunday Times In others, there are master-apprentice programs, in which elders teach younger people the ancestral language within a home setting. Christianity Today The comparative method uses information from two or more languages and allows reconstruction of the ancestral language. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, far fewer can still speak their ancestral language, after centuries of language shift. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They were also said to deprive them of their ancestral languages, and cultural practises. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In our ancestral past, this instinct would have been important because early tribes were always under threat from raiders. Times,Sunday Times The need to reconnect with one's ancestral past and folkloric heritage and to make sense of it now. Times, Sunday Times We are afraid of nature, which in our ancestral past had red teeth and claws. The Times Literary Supplement This in turn makes it difficult for descendants of enslaved people to piece together their ancestral past. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Black power utilized all available forms of folk, literary, and dramatic expression based in a common ancestral past to promote a message of self-actualization and cultural self-definition. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 According to this idea, although they’re currently important to define species’ geographical limits, rivers had nothing to do with the initial separation of that ancestral population. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In an admixed population, these causal variants will occur more frequently on chromosomal segments inherited from one or another ancestral population. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The first step consists in a description of an ancestral population of organisms. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 First, the so-called founder effect occurs when founder populations bring only a subset of the genetic variation from their ancestral population. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 All modern humans share the same origin from this single ancestral population. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Before the plague, only sons and especially the elder son inherited the ancestral property. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Financial setback; loss of ancestral property, parental debts, health afflictions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They want to sell their ancestral property and move out and form their own nuclear families. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many people in the area worry about their ancestral property. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He managed his family expenses only from his ancestral property and income. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A powerful ancestral spirit was placated. Times, Sunday Times However, depending on the region people may think that these services are merely aimed at properly disposing or pacifying the ancestral spirit. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They practice some form of ancestral spirit worship. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An experienced inyanga will generally seek the guidance of an ancestral spirit before embarking to find and collect muti. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The sculptures are highly stylized representations of ancestors, and are thought to gain power from the presence of the ancestral spirit. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The campaign prompted 14,000 people to send emails to the justice ministry demanding that their ancestral territory be officially defined and protected. Times, Sunday Times He was greatly proud of his warm relationship with the people of his ancestral territory whose endeavours he was ever keen to encourage. Times, Sunday Times Notwithstanding several programs aimed to maintain their survival, for several years they lost control of their ancestral territory. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A judge ruled that those involved had acted without free will, driven by an irresistible natural force of ancestral tradition. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was buried along with his horses, in accordance with ancestral tradition. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Not only do they consider it an ancestral tradition, but also it carries a social importance in their current day society. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 After secondary school, he briefly attended the seminary and entertained the idea of a possible entry into the priesthood, per ancestral tradition, but reneged on his obligation shortly thereafter. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Development, when real and successful, always comes from the modernization of ancestral traditions, anchored in the rich cultural expressions of a people. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He refers to her ancestral village as his hometown. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Once taken away from his ancestral village, then he never turned up, not then, not ever. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It also may describe the ancestral village of the family when used as the actual surname. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The former refers to an ancestral village located on a ridge above the area in which the speakers now reside. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An ancestral village usually features a hall and shrine honouring ancestral clan members. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 祖先的 Japanese: 先祖の |
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