genealogy

英 [ˌdʒiːniˈælədʒi]

美 [ˌdʒiːniˈælədʒi]

n.  家谱学; 系谱学; 宗谱学; 家谱(图); 系谱(图); 宗谱(图)

复数：genealogies　

GRE医学

BNC.22917 / COCA.14582

牛津词典

noun

• 家谱学；系谱学；宗谱学
  the study of family history, including the study of who the ancestors of a particular person were
• 家谱（图）；系谱（图）；宗谱（图）
  a particular person's line of ancestors ; a diagram that shows this

柯林斯词典

• 家谱学；系谱学；宗谱学
  Genealogyis the study of the history of families, especially through studying historical documents to discover the relationships between particular people and their families.
• N-COUNT 家谱；宗谱
  Agenealogyis the history of a family over several generations, for example describing who each person married and who their children were.
  1. He had sat and repeated his family's genealogy to her, twenty minutes of nonstop names.
     他坐下又给她细数了一遍他家族的家谱，20分钟内说出了一连串的名字。

英英释义

noun

• the study or investigation of ancestry and family history
• successive generations of kin
  Synonym:family tree

双语例句

• Why does Nietzsche call this work a genealogy?
  为什麽尼采称呼这为「系谱学」？
• According to the Confucius Genealogy Compilation Committee he has2 million known and registered descendants.
  根据“孔子家谱编纂委员会”的统计，孔子共有两百万名已注册的后代。
• These were their habitations, and their genealogy.
  这是他们的住处，他们都有家谱。
• The basic criterion is derived from common understanding of the family members by the course of compiling the genealogy.
  并藉由编修族谱的过程，汇集家族成员共识的基本准则。
• The genealogy of his family was reduced to ashes in the fire.
  他家的谱牒已在一次大火中化为灰烬。
• The paper studied the relation between the Manchu shamanism and fete through Eight Banners genealogy.
  本文运用八旗谱牒资料，对萨满教与祭祀之间的关系展开研究。
• He was interested in genealogy and architecture, planning for studies in these two fields.
  他对系谱学和建筑都有兴趣，并计划在这两个领域进行研究。
• Recently, the Sugar beet varieties bred in China are limited in hereditary basis and genetic variation genealogy.
  目前我国甜菜育成品种存在变异系谱和遗传基础狭窄的局限性。
• This is the earliest known existence, and the genealogy has been traced to the present-day mallard.
  这是已知最早的实证，种系论已经追踪到今天的绿头鸭。
• I tried to make him understand the idea of a genealogy and personal history.
  我努力让他了解家谱与个人历史的观念。