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. 系譜，家系，宗譜;
?? genea血統+logy科學,學科→n. 宗譜；血統；家系；系譜學
"Andy Canvin is a pioneer on the strange frontier of DNA genealogy."
安迪-卡文是DNA譜系學奇異前沿的先鋒人物.
近義：pedigree
n. 賬，賬目;存款;記述，報告;理由;
vi. 解釋;導致;報賬;
vt. 認為;把…視作;
?? ac一再+count計算→計算，算賬
"I don't have a bank account."
我沒有銀行賬戶。
近義：numeration, reckoning, score, tally, count, counting
n. 下降;血統;傾斜;
?? de向下+scent爬，攀 → 下降；下坡
"The plane began its descent to Heathrow."
飛機開始向希思羅機場降落。
近義：inclination, incline, slant, slope, sklent, sclent
反義：ascension, ascent, mounting, scaling, acclivity, escalade
n. 祖先，祖宗;被繼承人;原型;（動物的）原種，先祖;
?? an=ante前，先+cest=cess行走，前進+or表人→走在前面的人→祖先
"This machine is the ancestor of the modern computer."
這臺機器是現代電腦的始祖.
近義：ascendant, parent, progenitor, forebear, predecessor, elder
反義：kin, offspring, son, boy, issue, scion
adv. 特別;尤其;異乎尋常地;
?? particular特別的+ly...地→有自己的部分地→特別地
"Spending the holidays in Britain wasn't a prospect that I found particularly appealing."
在英國度假對我并不特別有吸引力。
近義：namely, peculiarly, privately, properly, really, singularly
vt. 跟蹤，追蹤;追溯，探索;探索;查找;
vi. 沿著一小徑或道路前進;可以追溯的;
n. 痕跡，蹤跡;微量，極少量;[植]（脈）跡;痕跡;
?? trace(draw)→回溯
"Trace an analogy between pastoral poetry and landscape painting."
找出田園詩和風景畫之間的相似之處.
近義：hound, scribe, sketch, sleuth, spoor, track