inheritance
柯林斯词典
1. N-VAR An inheritance is money or property that you receive from someone who has died. 继承物; 遗产
She feared losing her inheritance to her stepmother. 她担心她的遗产会落到继母的手里。
2. N-COUNT If you get something such as a job, problem, or attitude from someone who used to have it, you can refer to this as an inheritance. 转接物; 沿袭物
...starvation and disease over much of Europe and Asia, which was Truman's inheritance as president. …在欧亚大部分地区肆虐的饥馑和疾病,这是杜鲁门接任总统时面临的状况。
3. N-SING Your inheritance is the particular characteristics or qualities that your family or ancestors had and that you are born with. 遗传特征
Eye colour shows more than your genetic inheritance. 眼睛的颜色显示的不只是你基因的遗传特征。
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inheritance /ɪnˈhɛrɪtəns/ (inheritances)
剑桥词典
inheritance noun [C usually singular, U] (FROM DEAD PERSON)
money or objects that someone gives you when they die继承的遗产
The large inheritance from his aunt meant that he could buy his own boat . 从姑母那里继承的大笔遗产意味着他可以给自己买艘船了。
At 21 she came into her inheritance (= it was given to her). 她21岁时继承了遗产。
inheritance noun [C usually singular, U] (QUALITY)
a physical or mental characteristic inherited from your parents , or the process by which this happens
得自遗传的特征;遗传
genetic inheritance 基因遗传
A particular gene is responsible for the inheritance of eye colour . 眼睛颜色的遗传取决于特定的基因。 返回 inheritance