名詞 legacy:

1. (law) a gift of personal property by will
   同義詞：bequest

1. Remove a legacy from a will, because the item concerned no longer exist.
   因為有關(guān)物品已不再存在從遺囑中將其除消。
2. He left me a small legacy in a nuncupative will, as a token of his kindness to me.
   他囗頭遺言上遺留給我一點小小遺產(chǎn)作為他對我關(guān)愛的表徵。
3. His weak chest was a legacy of a childhood illness.
   他那瘦弱的胸脯是兒時患病的后遺癥。
4. These are the cultural legacies of the Renaissance.
   這些是文藝復(fù)興時期的文化遺產(chǎn)。

leg.a.cy

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 leg.a.cies
Money or property bequeathed to another by will.
遺產(chǎn)，遺贈：根據(jù)遺囑留給另一個人的金錢或財產(chǎn)
Something handed down from an ancestor or a predecessor or from the past:
遺產(chǎn)：祖先、前人或過去相傳下來的某種東西：
例句：
a legacy of religious freedom.See Synonyms at heritage
宗教自由的遺產(chǎn)參見 heritage

來源：
Middle English legacie [office of a deputy]
中古英語 legacie [副職職位]
from Old French
源自 古法語
from Medieval Latin lôg3tia
源自 中世紀(jì)拉丁語 lôg3tia
from Latin lôg3tus [past participle of] lôg3re [to depute, bequeath] * see leg-
源自 拉丁語 lôg3tus [] lôg3re的過去分詞 [委派…為代表，按遺囑把…遺留給] *參見 leg-