名词祖先，祖宗; 被继承人; 原型; （动物的）原种，先祖

1. 祖宗;祖先
Your ancestors are the people from whom you are descended.

e.g. ...our daily lives, so different from those of our ancestors...
与我们祖先的生活有着天壤之别的我们的日常生活
e.g. He could trace his ancestors back seven hundred years.
他的先祖可以上溯到700年前。

2. 原种；原型
An ancestor of something modern is an earlier thing from which it developed.

e.g. The direct ancestor of the modern cat was the Kaffir cat of ancient Egypt...
现代猫的直系原种是古埃及的卡菲尔猫。
e.g. The immediate ancestor of rock 'n' roll is rhythm-and-blues.
摇滚乐直接源自节奏布鲁斯。

名词繁荣; 成功; 兴旺，昌盛

1. 繁荣；兴旺；富足
Prosperity is a condition in which a person or community is doing well financially.

e.g. ...a new era of peace and prosperity.
和平繁荣的新时代
e.g. ...Japan's economic prosperity.
日本的经济繁荣

形容词专用的; 专注的，投入的; 献身的

动词奉献(dedicate的过去式和过去分词)

1. 献身的;一心一意的;热忱的
You use dedicated to describe someone who enjoys a particular activity very much and spends a lot of time doing it.

e.g. Her great-grandfather had clearly been a dedicated and stoical traveller.
她的曾祖父显然是一位非常投入而且坚忍不拔的旅行爱好者。
e.g. ...dedicated followers of classical music.
古典音乐的忠实追随者

2. 专用（于…）的;专门（为…而）设计制造的
You use dedicated to describe something that is made, built, or designed for one particular purpose or thing.

e.g. Such areas should also be served by dedicated cycle routes.
这些区域也应该设专门的自行车道。
e.g. ...the world's first museum dedicated to ecology.
世界上第一个专门的生态博物馆

3. see also: dedicate