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1. ancestry moun [countable/uncountable]
原句: Middle Eastern populations show multiple sources of ancestry.
意思: the family or the race of people that you come from
字源: Middle English: alteration of Old French ancesserie, from ancestre, from Latin antecessor, from antecedere, from ante ‘before’ + cedere ‘go’.
例句: He was able to trace his ancestry back over 1 000 years.
2. marauding adjective
原句: The marauding Mongols left not just a hige culteral and historical impression in central Asia, but also a genetic one.
意思: ( of people or animals ) going around a place in search of things to steal or people to attack
字源: late 17th cent.: from French marauder, from maraud ‘rogue’ + -ing.
例句: Gangs of marauding youths filled the streets.
3. bolster verb
原句: The data also bolsters the prevalent"Out of Africa" theory that humans emerged from the sub-Sahara.
意思: to improve sth or make it stronger
字源: Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bolster and German Polster.
例句: Falling interest rates may help to bolster up the economy.
4. prevalent adjective
原句: The data also bolsters the prevalent"Out of Africa" theory that humans emerged from the sub-Sahara.
意思: that exists or is very common at a particular time or in a particular place
字源: late 16th cent.: from Latin praevalent- ‘having greater power’, from the verb praevalere ‘have greater power’, from prae ‘before’ + valere ‘have power’.
例句: Our diet contributes to the high levels of heart disease prevalent in this country.
5. intricate adjective
原句: The viewer can see their intricate clothing and eyelashes.
意思: having a lot of different parts and small details that fit together
字源: late Middle English: from Latin intricat- ‘entangled’, from the verb intricare, from in- ‘into’ + tricae ‘tricks, perplexities’.
例句: The building has intricate geometric designs on several of the walls.