GENEALOGY, n. An account of one's descent from an ancestor who did not particularly care to trace his own.
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n. 系谱，家系，宗谱;
💡 genea血统+logy科学,学科→n. 宗谱；血统；家系；系谱学
"Andy Canvin is a pioneer on the strange frontier of DNA genealogy."
安迪-卡文是DNA谱系学奇异前沿的先锋人物.
近义：pedigree
n. 账，账目;存款;记述，报告;理由;
vi. 解释;导致;报账;
vt. 认为;把…视作;
💡 ac一再+count计算→计算，算账
"I don't have a bank account."
我没有银行账户。
近义：numeration, reckoning, score, tally, count, counting
n. 下降;血统;倾斜;
💡 de向下+scent爬，攀 → 下降；下坡
"The plane began its descent to Heathrow."
飞机开始向希思罗机场降落。
近义：inclination, incline, slant, slope, sklent, sclent
反义：ascension, ascent, mounting, scaling, acclivity, escalade
n. 祖先，祖宗;被继承人;原型;（动物的）原种，先祖;
💡 an=ante前，先+cest=cess行走，前进+or表人→走在前面的人→祖先
"This machine is the ancestor of the modern computer."
这台机器是现代电脑的始祖.
近义：ascendant, parent, progenitor, forebear, predecessor, elder
反义：kin, offspring, son, boy, issue, scion
adv. 特别;尤其;异乎寻常地;
💡 particular特别的+ly...地→有自己的部分地→特别地
"Spending the holidays in Britain wasn't a prospect that I found particularly appealing."
在英国度假对我并不特别有吸引力。
近义：namely, peculiarly, privately, properly, really, singularly
vt. 跟踪，追踪;追溯，探索;探索;查找;
vi. 沿着一小径或道路前进;可以追溯的;
n. 痕迹，踪迹;微量，极少量;[植]（脉）迹;痕迹;
💡 trace(draw)→回溯
"Trace an analogy between pastoral poetry and landscape painting."
找出田园诗和风景画之间的相似之处.
近义：hound, scribe, sketch, sleuth, spoor, track