2009年12月29日星期二

larger than life, legacy

His legacy there was larger than life.

Legacy companies。已經成為當今美國知名的幾家電視企業的VIZIO首席運營官——王蔚(William Wang)在采訪中這樣稱呼索尼等從CRT電視時代延續至今的廠商。意思是“舊時代的公司”……
legacy
n., pl., -cies.
  1. Money or property bequeathed to another by will.
  2. Something handed down from an ancestor or a predecessor or from the past: a legacy of religious freedom. See synonyms at heritage.

[Middle English legacie, office of a deputy, from Old French, from Medieval Latin lēgātia, from Latin lēgātus, past participle of lēgāre, to depute, bequeath.]


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larger than life
If someone is larger than life, they attract a lot of attention because they are more exciting or interesting than most people:
Most characters in his films are somewhat larger than life.